{"id":41438,"date":"2026-08-12T19:07:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T14:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=41438"},"modified":"2026-08-12T19:07:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T14:07:39","slug":"a-minivan-used-in-an-oregon-murder-is-found-at-a-junkyard-can-police-save-it-before-it-becomes-scrap-metal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=41438","title":{"rendered":"A minivan used in an Oregon murder is found at a junkyard. Can police save it before it becomes scrap metal?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Detective Devin Rigo knew the clock was ticking as he raced to a metal scrapyard just north of Portland, Oregon. Rigo, with the Hillsboro Police Department, had just learned about the discovery of a maroon minivan he believed contained evidence connected to the murder of 56-year-old <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/kenneth-fandrich-oregon-murder-steven-milner-veterinarian-security-video-masked-killer\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Kenneth &#8220;Kenny&#8221; Fandrich<\/a><\/span>, a contract pipe fitter. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Jan. 27, 2023, Kenny Fandrich was discovered in a parking garage at the Intel campus in Hillsboro. Police reviewed surveillance camera images and determined that Fandrich had been dragged into the minivan by a masked man. Police believed the killer had broken Fandrich&#8217;s neck and killed him inside the minivan, before staging his body back in the driver&#8217;s seat of his own vehicle. <\/p>\n<p>From evidence found at the scene, investigators believed the murder suspect tried to cover his crime by spray-painting multiple security cameras in the parking garage with blue spray paint. Correspondent Natalie Morales covers the investigation into Kenny Fandrich&#8217;s murder and the hunt for the killer in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/murder-in-the-parking-garage\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">&#8220;Murder in the Parking Garage.&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0An encore of the broadcast airs Saturday, August 15 at 10\/9c on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/02\/11551257-6ba9-4352-bfd0-96a7854259eb\/thumbnail\/620x349\/e26e33a16caaa2d9bafc42fe114ee27d\/fandrich-full.jpg#\" alt=\"fandrich-full.jpg \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/02\/11551257-6ba9-4352-bfd0-96a7854259eb\/thumbnail\/620x349\/e26e33a16caaa2d9bafc42fe114ee27d\/fandrich-full.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/02\/11551257-6ba9-4352-bfd0-96a7854259eb\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/8989233df73276c4c4b597ee1aa29325\/fandrich-full.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A suspect wearing a hard hat, tinted glasses and a face mask is captured spray-painting the security cameras around Kenny Fandrich&#8217;s car the morning of his murder to apparently conceal the crime<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Washington County District Attorney&#8217;s Office<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Soon after police arrived on the scene, Intel security personnel provided investigators with recordings from their hundreds of security cameras in the parking garage. Police soon had images of a suspect \u2013 wearing a hard hat, tinted glasses and a face mask \u2013 spray-painting the security cameras around Fandrich&#8217;s car early that morning, to apparently conceal the crime. At the time, the suspect had not been detected by Intel. But when police looked at the footage, they discovered that the spray paint didn&#8217;t cover everything the cameras recorded. <\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/02\/b209a1a3-8665-425c-a408-69b611be59fe\/thumbnail\/620x349\/14636852e052dcd3d3c097eff2762995\/fandrich-milner-combo.jpg#\" alt=\"Kenny Fandrich and Dr. Steven Milner \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/02\/b209a1a3-8665-425c-a408-69b611be59fe\/thumbnail\/620x349\/14636852e052dcd3d3c097eff2762995\/fandrich-milner-combo.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/02\/b209a1a3-8665-425c-a408-69b611be59fe\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/31c2f31d7cd5d44c2e128e1907b4922f\/fandrich-milner-combo.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Kenny Fandrich, left, and Dr. Steven Milner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Washington County District Attorney&#8217;s Office<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Police believed that whoever had killed Fandrich waited for him inside that minivan, then attacked Fandrich when he returned to his car after his shift. The killer left the garage in the maroon minivan soon after.<\/p>\n<p>The night that Fandrich&#8217;s body was found, his wife, Tanya Fandrich, told investigators Kenny had a stalker: a well-off former veterinarian named Dr. Steven Milner. Tanya Fandrich had worked for Milner at his vet clinic for years, and they had an affair, which Tanya Fandrich said was long over. Police found that Kenny Fandrich had filed several orders for protection against Milner, and that Milner had been warned by Hillsboro police officers to stop following Kenny Fandrich. Just months before Kenny Fandrich&#8217;s murder, Milner had been caught placing a tracking device on one of the Fandrichs&#8217; vehicles and was criminally charged. After several days of investigation, police arrested Milner and charged him with the murder of Kenny Fandrich. <\/p>\n<p>Once in custody, police were able to connect the minivan, and another vehicle, to Milner, who had left them at a Home Depot parking lot for long periods of time. <\/p>\n<p>To prove the case against Milner, investigators felt they had to find that minivan. &#8220;Because it&#8217;s the minivan that we believe was really our main crime scene \u2026&#8221; said Rigo. &#8220;We thought there was going to be forensic evidence \u2026 in that minivan.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Rigo and his partner, Detective Stephanie Winter, called the vehicles &#8220;burner cars.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everybody kind of is more familiar with like a burner phone \u2026&#8221; said Rigo, &#8220;where you have a phone that&#8217;s not \u2026 traced to you but, you know, you can use it for what you need, get rid of it \u2026 Essentially, he did the same thing, but with a car.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The maroon minivan had been flagged at the Home Depot parking lot and the VIN number had been recorded. Security footage showed the van leaving the Home Depot parking lot shortly before Fandrich was murdered.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are sending flyers to every agency in the area,&#8221; said Rigo about the minivan&#8217;s VIN number. <\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/02\/c5e8b7f5-59d8-4e8a-8f8e-7d38cb0e7a04\/thumbnail\/620x349\/61b5ff296a62fba073e805f744b67c46\/fandrich-scrapyard.jpg#\" alt=\"fandrich-scrapyard.jpg \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/02\/c5e8b7f5-59d8-4e8a-8f8e-7d38cb0e7a04\/thumbnail\/620x349\/61b5ff296a62fba073e805f744b67c46\/fandrich-scrapyard.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/02\/c5e8b7f5-59d8-4e8a-8f8e-7d38cb0e7a04\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/d766e69e339ab98c01ee0b48718c8f76\/fandrich-scrapyard.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">The maroon minivan, pictured left, moments before it was crushed. Hillsboro, Oregon, police believed the vehicle contained evidence connected to the murder of 56-year-old Kenneth &#8220;Kenny&#8221; Fandrich.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Washington County District Attorney&#8217;s Office<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The first alert they got was from the Oregon Department of Transportation. The minivan had been towed off the side of the busy I-5 highway in North Portland just days after Fandrich was murdered. Detectives believe it had been dumped there by Milner. Rigo called the tow company and found out the minivan had been sold to a scrap metal company. That&#8217;s when he started racing to the scrapyard to see if they could retrieve the minivan, and the key crime scene evidence it may have held. But he was too late. When Rigo arrived and asked about the minivan, he was shown a video of the crime scene being picked up and smashed to pieces. &#8220;I was able to watch one of my key pieces of evidence be crushed and taken away,&#8221; said Rigo, &#8220;before my very eyes \u2026 exactly a week too late.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Discover how the investigation unfolded, and Milner&#8217;s defense at trial, on this week&#8217;s &#8220;48 Hours,&#8221; &#8220;Murder in the Parking Garage.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">Go deeper with The Free Press<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Detective Devin Rigo knew the clock was ticking as he raced to a metal scrapyard just north of Portland, Oregon. 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