Crime at 1800 BLOCK OF SE COLUMBIA WAY on 02/27/2026 2:07 PM

Type: Other

Date: 02/27/2026 2:07 PM

Description: PATROL EMPHASIS. Disclaimer: This is from the Clark County Regional dispatch. Information is subject to change.

Address: 1800 BLOCK OF SE COLUMBIA WAY, VAN, WA

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Area Missing Persons

missing-person-record__Whitlock

Name

Jacob Whitlock

Missing Age

13

Est. Current Age

26

Last Seen

Camas, WA on 05/28/2012

Physical Description

Race: White Ethnicity: Caucasian Gender: Male Hair: Blond/Strawberry Eyes: Blue Height: 5'2" Weight: 98 lbs

Case Number

MP20570

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Area Cold Cases

cold-case-record__Longie

Name

Melvin Longie

Age

51

Cause of Death

Stabbing

Info

At approximately 7:20 pm on may 2, 1989, an unidentified white male transient alerted a café employee near the intersection of se 2nd and oak street that there was a deceased person on the railroad tracks. Police were called and found the victim, melvin longie, a 51-year-old american indian, deceased on the railroad tracks on the 100 block of se oak street. An autopsy revealed that mr. Longie had died from multiple stab wounds. Melvin longie was a known transient and had a record relating to “transient” type crimes. Several witnesses reported that a white man, approximately 35 years of age, had stated that he had killed a man in the days following mr. Melvin being murdered.

Agency

Crime Stoppers of OR

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