OR - Brooke Wilberger, 19, Corvallis, 24 May 2004 - #1

You were asking about what did we think about the 2 or 3 year old boy who was abducted just about 2 or 3 miles from where Brooke was abducted. I personally don't think they are connected. Just my opinion of course. The whole story of the little boy is secretive and kind of fishy. I think it may have been some older kids or teenagers who watched too much TV. If one can trust the newspaper, the boy was found by a woman early hours of the morning after he was taken. Did the woman call the police? No, she put the boy in her car and had him tell her the way to where he lived. I don't know very many 2 to 3 year old kids who could spend a night taken away from their parents and still have duct tape residue on them, and be able to show someone where they live when it was around and down and then another jog in the streets several blocks away. I don't buy it. I think the woman who found the boy may know more than they are letting on, or may even be involved.
I got a bit of a shocker when I read the article in the Corvallis Gazette-Times about the boy. You know how sometimes they take a picture of whatever is handy just to have a photograph. Well the newpaper picture about the boy showed MY old neighbor and MY old apartment group mailbox! Seems I lived next door to where this occured. The elderly woman ex-neighbor of mine said it was a good neighborhood. I think she is very naive. The apartment complex next to mine, the one the boy lived in, was worse than mine, and seemed to be run by slum-lords. There were racial problems, heavy drinking, theft, drugs like meth, assaults, managers who were afraid of their tenants so let them get away with stuff, parole & probation violations, atleast one parent threatening to kill her child. This I know from personal knowledge, not the newspapers. Of course there were decent people too. Doors were kicked in by police on several occasions on the not so decent people. One time that I witnessed they gave the person 45 minutes of repeated warnings that they were coming in. One of the officers said, "I mean it!" Sure! Plenty of time to dispose of drugs, comb your hair and put some ice on bruises, and make everything look calmer. I think if you warn someone 3 times that they have 5 minutes to come out or you are breaking down the door, that you should stick to your word and not coddle the people. Especially when there is young boy inside. Service to Children & Family told me that verbal abuse isn't considered abuse, and that the person probably didn't mean they were going to kill their child. Arrrrrrgh. Then they keep saying get involved, report abuse. Yeah right! I'll get off my soapbox now. :banghead: :furious:

Now we have someone who tried to abduct a 16 yr old girl in Albany. For those of you who are not from around this area, Albany and Corvallis are neighboring cities. This is like the 3rd or 4th teen girl who has been almost abducted in the last week or so. It has happened in cities next to Corvallis. The one before this one the car description was a silver Honda. This car is said to be a blue pickup.

So it makes me wonder do we have more than one sicko running around? Same person different cars? Does any of this have anything to do with Brooke?

Man I hope they find this person or these people. Corvallis, Albany, and Lebanon were what I considered "safe" places to live.



Police seek man who tried to abduct girl

ALBANY — Albany police were looking for a man who reportedly tried to abduct a 16-year-old girl Friday as she walked near Heritage Mall, police said.

The girl told officers that she was walking about 10 a.m. on the 2300 block of 16th Avenue SE when a blue pickup pulled up beside her, Albany police Chief Joe Simon said.

The driver told the girl repeatedly to get into the pickup, but she refused, continued walking and eventually hid behind shrubs, Simon said. The driver finally gave up and drove away.

The driver was described as white, in his 30s or 40s, with an average build and short, dark brown hair.

The pickup was described as dark blue with a bluish interior, bucket seats and a toddler’s car seat, upholstered with swirling bright rainbow colors, in the passenger seat. Anyone with information should call (541) 917-7680.

yeah, all this stuff that's happening is really weird. i've lived in corvallis for almost a year now and have never seen anything like all these abductions. in houston, it was par for the course but around here things seem(ed) very, very safe.

it makes me wonder if there are actually more abduction attempts/creepy things going on around here or if they are just more visible now because of the highly publicized case of brooke. like maybe the press is more interested in these things because it's such a "hot" topic right now? for instance, i don't remember reading about the attempted abduction (before brooke) in the paper and a co-worker told me about how her daughter was followed around by a creepy man at a park (also before brooke disappeared) which was reported to police and we never heard anything about that (not even in the gazette-times' crime bulletin). weird.

Totally a bizzare situation in that Corvallis Albany Lebanon area. Three girls - all late teens, 2 got away 1 didn't. I'd look pretty closely at that, but I don't have any real particulars making up a MO to go by. The little boy isn't connected I don't think.

We know these things happen all of the time and we don't usually hear about them. Maybe the response to Brooke as spurned a more in depth reporting on these attacks.

The panty sicko from Tigard seems to be a sexual pervert or predator, and aren't these people usually not violent? The peek and follow people, but have to get their pleasure by pretending with a pair of panties, all cataloged and named. A pretty gutless wonder I think. I could be totally wrong though.

DOYLE, Great to see you here posting. Havn't had the pleasure to meet you, but always enjoy seeing our administrative and mod staff participating here. Good straightforward questions, hit 'em right between the eyes kind of approach. I like that in a sleuther.

Hi to Anna and Anngelique - I check back here all the time, you know to see if you have heard anything else new! :blowkiss:


Scandi

Those of you in the Corvallis area...I'd be really, really careful and if you have daughters, watch them VERY closely. It sounds to me like there may be a serial abductor/killer on the loose. Brooke may have been his first victim...he got away with that, he may have become a lot bolder & may be using different vehicles, but I definitely think it's all connected.

After reading this article it makes me pray Brooke was not taken by Kim. If he did, it could be horrible!!!!



Suspect's Computer Full Of Violence And *advertiser censored*

A disturbing picture is emerging of a Tigard man who is accused of stealing thousand of pairs of underwear from college dormitories and who was arrested today on theft and burglary charges.
Sung Koo Kim, 30, was arrested today following a court appearance in Yamhill County and is being held at the Multnomah County jail on $10,000,000 bail.

In a court affidavit, detectives outlined their case against Kim and described what they found when they searched his Tigard home.

Among the items found on his computer were 40,000 violent pictures of tortured, raped and mutilated women and 4,000 pornographic and violent videos.

Detectives also discovered videos of two women doing laundry at Concordia University.

The arrest comes just four days after Kim pleaded innocent to charges of stealing women's underwear on May 2 from a dorm room at Oregon State University in Corvallis.



In addition to suspected of being a panty thief, Kim is also a person of interest in the disappearance of 19-year-old Brooke Wilberger, who has been missing for several weeks.

However, despite the unusual items Kim had stored on his computer, he still remains only a person of interest in the missing woman's case.

Kim's arrest comes just four days after he pleaded innocent to charges of stealing women's underwear on May 2 from a dorm room at Oregon State University in Corvallis.

Kim is scheduled to be arraigned on Tuesday.

(From KATU & AP reports)

http://katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=68481

That is creepy and fascinating about Kim. I didn't know he was arrested again. Brooke Wilberger has pretty much disappeared from the news in the Corvallis Gazette-Times the last few days. I keep hoping they will get a break in the case. One paper quoted (I think it was Capt. Deutsch from CPD, but don't quote me) as not knowing why they went up to Tigard and searched the park near Kim's home last week. I just don't buy that. They must have had a reason why. They don't just go willy-nilly around the countryside deciding to search parks way away from where Brooke's abduction took place.

I have noticed a couple of errors in the newspaper and on television. Sometimes they say the attempted abduction suspect was wearing a sweatshirt with an "A" on it, but another report within 24 hours will show a sketch of the suspect, and clearly the man has an "A" on his cap, not his sweatshirt.

Another time, the news will say another abduction attempt with involving a certain vehicle was in Lebanon, when in fact that attempt was in Corvallis. Or they get the city right and mix up the suspect vehicle.

Newsperson said:

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It was very nice I thought and really exemplified how the community has pulled together in so many ways to bring Brooke home.

Yes, I live in the Albany/Corvallis area.


Best wishes.

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I really enjoy your posts. They are thoughtful, reliable and interesting. Anything new on the police going through all the tips they got?

Anngelique said:

After reading this article it makes me pray Brooke was not taken by Kim. If he did, it could be horrible!!!!



Suspect's Computer Full Of Violence And *advertiser censored*

Kim is scheduled to be arraigned on Tuesday.

(From KATU & AP reports)

http://katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=68481

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Has anyone charted the various attempted abductions and whether Kim was in or out of jail at the time? I am not saying he is guilty before a trial. I am just floating around ideas. He reminds me of that wicked Charles Ng guy who had a partner in crime.

eeew ((shudder)) - creepy that you should mention charles ng. he gives me evil chills to the bottom of my soul. not many people can elicit that kind of viceral reaction - pure evil. i can only hope against hope that kim is more of a passive pervert type but i guess we'll soon find out more.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apus_story.asp?category=1110&slug=Missing Woman Kim Arrested

"A suspect in the disappearance of a Brigham Young University student had dryer lint in his house that was labeled to be from the apartment complex where the woman was last seen, according to a court document.

Sung Koo Kim, 30, of Tigard was arrested by Portland police Monday on unrelated theft and burglary charges. His bail was set at $10 million after he was accused of stealing underwear from three different Portland college dormitories or laundry rooms starting in October 2002.

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An affidavit filed in Multnomah County said the lint was labeled with the apartment complex from where 19-year-old Brooke Wilberger disappeared on May 24. The document was posted on KGW.com, the Web site of a Portland television station.

Though the bail is unusually high for a theft case, the affidavit says there is "not probable cause" to charge Kim in the Wilberger case.

Kim's lawyer, Janet Lee Hoffman of Portland, said she plans to contest the bail."

wow...what a freaky guy. dryer lint? at 10 mil they must think he could really be the guy and after hearing about all that violent *advertiser censored* in his collection sounds alot more likely...

Dryer lint?? So he'd been digging through someone's laundry?? Maybe Brooke's, looking for underwear? Could the dryer lint possibly be trace evidence that may have been on the clothing she was wearing??

OMG, he's definitely an unofficial suspect for sure.

http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_062104_news_panty_thief_.284469780.html

"In addition, police found videos of two women doing laundry at Concordia University in Portland; the women were unaware they were being watched, Steed contended.


Kim had compiled a list of foreign countries that won't extradite wanted criminals to the U.S., Steed's statement alleged. He said Kim's computer showed Internet searches for 10 female college students by name and contained a file labeled "osu.doc" that listed activities involving rape and torture. "

This is a recently updated story.

eeeeew - they showed a table (presumably at the police station) that was filled with HUNDREDS of pairs of women's underwear. and dryer lint? jeez - what a sick freak. soooo glad he is locked up. sounds like CPD is still being pretty tight-lipped about Kim's involvement in Brooke's case. we shall see......

http://katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=68510

Here is more on Kim and the lint.

http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_062204_news_missing_woman_arraignment.28973293f.html

"The arraignment for Sung Koo Kim, the man named as a possible suspect in the disappearance of 19-year-old Brooke Wilberger, was postponed Tuesday afternoon because his attorney asked for time to negotiate his release from jail.

For the time being, a Multnomah County judge ordered that Kim remain jailed on $10 million bail for unrelated theft and burglary charges.

If you take this:

Also found on the computer was a file labeled "osu.doc," which listed activities involving the rape and torture of a woman.

plus:

The police can not verify his alibi &
Dryer lint from the apt where Brooke lived

it reeks of a man of havoc, who in my mind has finally reached out into another plane of his sickness. For enough time as it took for his brain to center on women's underwear as the point of his relationship with them personally, to a reaching from his mind to learn about rape and how to torture a woman, could it be that this man has had his first conquest in the flesh and Brooke was the object of his desire?

It does seem that the possibilities warrant a $10,000,000 bail! Would you want this man out stalking your college daughter. 5 NW colleges - Oregon State University, George Fox in Newberg and three colleges in Portland that are the new charges, one of which is our Lutheran College, Concordia.

Flippin perv to the 10th degree IMHO. To the task of collecting dryer lint, to savor every possible touch of it to their body!

If we lived in Medieval times, this guy would have already been strung out and quartered. An absolute and freightening menace on society! A true threat, and I am thankful to all of the police efforts that resulted in getting him while they could. He has not yet been proven to have taken Brooke. But I think the crimes this man has comitted against womanhood are undeniable, and do feel safer tonight knowing that he is downtown at the Justice Center in Portland. And to all of the college women throughout the State of Oregon: He will not be stealing into your room when you are gone!

I hope Brookes parents are OK. It must be terribly difficult for them to hear of these new statements from what has been learned and done by the police. God Bless them and give them strength.



Scandi

It only took me most of the night to notice there was a 7th page of posts here. I kept looking and thought there weren't any new posts, because it ended with mine of page 6. Oh, well, I am still learning.

I have some hunches about KIM. I wonder in all that massive amount of stuff on his computer if there was any fascination with Ted Bundy? Ted was born on the 24th on one month, executed on the 24th of still another month and Brooke disappeared on still another 24 of a month. Could all be conincidence but makes me curious. Badfish pointed out earlier it has been 30 years since Ted Bundy killed someone in Corvallis, Oregon. Does anyone know the street address of where the sorority house that Ted Bundy used was, or a room number of the girl he killed in Corvallis? Also does anyone know if the sorority house is still in use, as the same sorority or some other, or basically abandoned for 30 years? I don't have a telephone directory for back in the 1970s. If it is abandoned, I would like to go on record as suggesting the police search it, especially the laundry room and the room/rooms where a girl was killed. I may be a little over the top, but I think it might be a hiding place for Brooke's abductor to have placed her.