Three missing children found safe; suspects in custody
Jeremy Cantu
Posted: Apr 27, 2021 5:25 PM
Updated: Apr 27, 2021 9:49 PM
Posted By: Chelsea Hunt
EUGENE, Ore. – Three missing children have been found, and a second suspect is now in custody, Eugene police say.
Whitley McGrady, 29, was arrested on Tuesday in the Sacramento area of California. She was booked in the Sacramento County jail on a fugitive from another state charge and could face extradition back to Oregon. McGrady s first court appearance will be this Thursday in Sacramento.
Police said 1-year-old Kyden Cantu, 6-year-old Trulee Cantu and 10-year-old Robert Mena III are all safe.
Earlier, suspect Jeremy Cantu, 32, was arrested at Motel 6 on International Way in Springfield, but the children were still missing at that time.
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KLCC s Tiffany Eckert follows up on Orchid Health McKenzie Clinic s efforts to continue providing care to patients after the devastating Holiday Farm fire.
Priscilla Oxley stands outside the new Orchid Health McKenzie mobile clinic after her check up. She and her husband Hollis are temporarily living in Eugene after losing their home in the Holiday Farm fire. They are both long time patients of the clinic and Monday, health care came to them.
Credit Tiffany Eckert
Since losing their home, 88-year old Priscilla Oxley and her husband Hollis have been renting in Eugene. They’re both long time patients of the clinic and grateful that health care is coming to them.