Homer Lee Jackson: Portland man accused of 1980s serial killings

Police in Portland, Oregon, arrested and charged 55-year-old Homer Lee Jackson of Portland on Thursday in connection with the 1980s cold case killings of four women whose bodies were found dumped throughout Portland.

Police say all four women were victims of sex trafficking. In a related report by the Inquisitr, the DNA evidence from a 30-year-old cold case linked the victim to a man named Michael Jones.

Police were able to link Jackson to the murders of Essie Jackson, 23, Tonja Harry, 19, Angela Anderson, 14, and Latanga Watts, 29, through forensic evidence and additional evidence obtained throughout their investigations into the four deaths.

Essie Jackson’s body was found on the western edge of Overlook Park in North Portland on March 23, 1983.

Months later, on July 9, 1983, two people walking in West Delta Park, between a golf course and Portland worldwide Raceway, spotted what appeared to be a person in the water. Anderson was discovered by a potential homebuyer. Detectives said the house was locked and vacant with a for sale sign and a lock box on the front door. Detectives learned Watts’ body had been moved before it was discovered.

Police said Watts, a mother of three, was a nice girl who had fallen into drug use and prostitution.

Authorities believe there could be more victims, but they don’t have information suggesting he was now committing murders.

Jackson had been charged with various crimes, including burglary and criminal mischief, dating back to 1983 in Multnomah County.