Corvallis Cold Cases: Justice Needed for Five
January 24, 2021
Every day, detectives and officers at the Corvallis Police Department respond to crimes all over town. Most of the time it’s something simple, like a stolen bike or a frat party getting too loud, but every once in a while, there’s more than just games afoot. While the CPD has solved countless crimes, there are five cases that still haunt the department, and these are those stories.
Doris Snedker
Doris Snedker was born in 1936. She moved to Corvallis in 1961, and her death certificate reports that she waitressed at a local restaurant. According to her obituary, Snedker was a member of the Milledgeville Lutheran Church, and she had one daughter before her death. She married Darrell Snedker on October 16, 1963, but it was an incredibly short union, as her unexplained death occurred on December 22, 1963 – a mere 37 days later. She was 27 years old at the time.