![]() Lara changed his plea in January and was sentenced to life in prison.ĭeschutes County District Attorney John Hummel told NewsChannel 21 that his office is still investigating whether anyone else was involved in the events after Sawyer was killed.Ĭurrently, Lara has begun serving his life sentence at Snake River Correctional Facility in Ontario.ĭateline NBC is set to film here in Central Oregon soon and air a special report on the case in May. “It just doesn’t make sense to me because, Im like, how can somebody do that? Especially you? It doesn’t make sense,” Ponce-Lara said, in tears. While Lara was being interviewed by detectives, his wife was also being questioned, as she tried to figure out what kind of man she had married. Lara said, “I want to tell you where the body is, but I want to go home first.” ![]() Hours later, investigators from Deschutes County were interviewing Lara, asking him to tell them where Sawyer’s body was. Police in Bend say the 31-year old Redmond resident killed 23-year old Kaylee Sawyer and then kidnapped a young woman in Salem. Edwin Lara was indicted on 4 counts of aggravated murder today in a Deschutes County courtroom. He then carjacked a car with a man’s family inside and led police on a high-speed chase before being arrested. The man accused of murder in Bend, and a string of crimes in both Oregon and California, has been indicted. Lara then headed south to Northern California, where authorities said he shot a man at a Yreka, California, motel. He also writes he killed her in the COCC parking lot and ended the note by writing that he would forever love his wife. He ditched his vehicle but left a note apologizing to Sawyer’s father and mother and stating he had only wanted to silence Sawyer, but not forever. There, Ponce-Lara found Sawyer’s green purse and black shoes and the large rock with blood on it that was used in the crime.Īuthorities said Lara fled Central Oregon and carjacked Aundrea Maes, of Salem. Lara, in a panic, grabbed his wife’s gun from her purse and, getting ready to take off, he told his wife that Sawyer’s belongings were in their shed. ![]() ![]() Lara originally told his wife that he had hit Sawyer with a Central Oregon Community College vehicle, but evidence showed the campus patrol vehicle Lara was driving didn’t have any scratches or marks on it. ![]()
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