The killing of the director of the Oregon Department of Corrections remains an enduring mystery.
BY NIGEL JAQUISS
Oregon Journalism Project
The 1989 murder of Michael Francke, then the director of the Oregon Department of Corrections, is back in the news.
On April 14, House Majority Leader Ben Bowman (D-Tigard) and House Minority Leader Christine Drazan (R-Canby) wrote to FBI director Kash Patel, asking him to open an investigation into Francke’s murder.