Found Deceased OR - Karissa Alyn Fretwell, 25, William "Billy" Fretwell, Toddler, Salem, 13 May 2019 *ARREST*

[Jethro4WS]

From what I’ve read, the wife filed for divorce after he was served with child support papers. He’s been absent from work for 4 days and his wife is also missing.

Just my opinion

I haven't found a court case under his wife's name for a divorce. He was served last June for the child support case.

 

[ClaireNC]

I don't think she left him because she's still FB friends with him.

I’m FB friends with my ex-husband and we’ve both been remarried for the last 10 years. We have children together, we will always be in each other’s lives to some extent.

 

[ClaireNC]

I haven't found a court case under his wife's name for a divorce. He was served last June for the child support case.

Are the divorce records public in Oregon?

 

[Jethro4WS]

Are the divorce records public in Oregon?

Yep. The case number will have DR in it and it will be a type "dissolution"

 

[Oregonmama]

Mike Benner on Twitter
Confirmed: Michael Wolfe was a volunteer firefighter in Gaston from 2010 to 2018 when he resigned in good standing

6:02 PM - 23 May 2019

Now that is confirmed I can say that many ppl in the area knew him well. I didn't know him but he showed up to a lot of local car events over the years for charities.

 

[PommyMommy]

Police seeking Gaston man for questioning in Salem mom's disappearance | Salem Reporter
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Outside her apartment, a green Mercury Mountaineer on Thursday afternoon had doors sealed with red evidence tape. A search warrant listing Wolfe as a suspect in her disappearance was visible on the driver’s seat, signed Tuesday, May 21, by a Polk County judge.

Technicians collected DNA swabs and other items from the car, those papers said.

Early Thursday, police continued a search of Wolfe’s home, about a mile outside of the rural community of Gaston and approximately 40 miles from Salem. Police said that search triggered a second search on rural property about 30 miles south in Hopewell. The searches were still underway Thursday evening.

Police search the Gaston-area home of Michael J. Wolfe on Thursday, May 22. (Aubrey Wieber/Salem Reporter)

The Wolfe home sits in the hills south of Gaston, about two miles up winding Phillips Road. The 100-yard driveway to the home slopes down to a ranch-style home surrounded by a handful of buildings, including an old red barn that police walked in and out of through the afternoon.

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The search team used a nearby bed-and-breakfast as a staging area. Upkes said the bed-and-breakfast was not the target of the search, but was close to the fields that were. Efforts to search the area remained underway into the evening.

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At the Wolfe home, police remain staged in the driveway for the search work there, including six police cars, a mobile command center and a Sprinter-style police van.

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He said he noticed the command center set up Sunday at about 9 p.m. The next day he noticed a fleet of police vehicles – Oregon State Police, FBI, county sheriff and local police. He said there were about 14 police cars lining the road, and the driveway was packed with more. They’ve been there ever since, Ruggles said, including an state police forensic team earlier in the week.

In West Salem, the porch light outside Fretwell’s apartment was still on Thursday afternoon, and her exterior storm door was covered in what appeared to be fingerprint powder.

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Polk County records showed that her son was conceived in 2015, but his actual birthdate wasn’t disclosed. With the help of the Polk County District Attorney’s Office, she asked for a court order in June 2018 to establish paternity, citing Wolfe as the father.

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Records of the Polk County Circuit Court show Wolfe contested an original assessment for child support, leading to a court hearing on April 15. A judge’s order setting his support obligation at $904 was filed May 17 -- four days after Fretwell’s disappearance.

Police evidence tape marks a car belonging to Karissa Fretwell on Thursday, May 22, in Salem. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter)

Karissa Fretwell's car remains parked outside her Salem home on Thursday, May 22, in Salem. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter)

A receipt for a police search rests inside a car belonging to Karissa Fretwell on Thursday, May 22, in Salem. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter)

Police continue to search the Gaston-area home of Michael J. Wolfe on Thursday, May 22. (Aubrey Wieber/Salem Reporter)

 

[katydid23]

Do Wolfe and his wife have grown children?

 

[ClaireNC]

Do Wolfe and his wife have grown children?

I believe they have two - older teens/young adults.

 

[katydid23]

Very worrisome too, that his wife is missing. I would have expected that she went to stay with family and friends when she first found out about the baby. Hearing that she is missing is bad news and makes me even more worried about Karissa and her baby.

 

[Oregonmama]

From what I’ve read, his wife filed for divorce after he was served with custody documents. He’s been absent from work for 4 days and his wife is also missing.

ETA: He seems to be well known in the community.

Just my opinion[/QUOT

I believe they have two - older teens/young adults.

College age for the his daughter

 

[flute4peace]

Very worrisome too, that his wife is missing. I would have expected that she went to stay with family and friends when she first found out about the baby. Hearing that she is missing is bad news and makes me even more worried about Karissa and her baby.

So there are now 4 missing people? Yikes!

 

[ClaireNC]

Very worrisome too, that his wife is missing. I would have expected that she went to stay with family and friends when she first found out about the baby. Hearing that she is missing is bad news and makes me even more worried about Karissa and her baby.

It hasn’t been officially confirmed that his wife is also missing. The paternity case has been going on since June 2018, so she’s likely known about it for a while.

 

[Trish51]

Oh snap! Checking in on the status this evening. I'm really concerned for KF and BF. Things aren't looking good for them at this point.

 

[Oregonmama]

If I was his wife I would stay with friends so perhaps she is safe and keeping herself out of the light at the moment. And LE has not called Wolfe a SP yet. He is still a POI

 

[LadyL]

So there are now 4 missing people? Yikes!

Karissa, Billy, his wife and ... who?

 

[in search of]

Karissa, Billy, his wife and ... who?

Mike Wolfe

 

[amayla]

Karissa, Billy, his wife and ... who?

Mike Wolfe is missing

 

[osu]

Karissa and her son went missing the same week the child support judgment was ordered by the court.

 

[LadyL]

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[PommyMommy]

Lincoln Graves on Twitter
BREAKING: In Salem looking into disappearance of Karissa Fretwell and her son Billy. SUV outside Karissa’s home has visible search warrant on front seat. Indicates investigators were here looking for evidence of homicide and bodies of Karissa & Billy. No comment from Salem Police

8:33 PM - 23 May 2019