Robert Lewis Treher, a 34-year-old man, was found dead in his room at the Holiday Motel on SE 3rd Street in Bend, Oregon, during a welfare check by an employee at about 8:24 a.m. on January 3, 2025. Bend Police pronounced him dead and opened an active homicide investigation, with the Oregon State Police forensics team assisting on scene through the following morning.
Investigators identified two suspects. Jessica May Sanders, 30, of Clearlake, California, was named a person of interest the same day Treher’s body was discovered and was stopped in Redmond on an outstanding warrant; methamphetamine was found in her possession. Jason Newton Loun, 38, of Redmond, was arrested on March 1. Court filings allege Treher was killed during a robbery in which less than $100 was taken after he resisted.
Sanders and Loun have pleaded not guilty to murder, robbery, theft, unlawful use of a weapon, and being felons in possession of a firearm, and are held in the Deschutes County Jail. Does anyone have information about Treher’s time in Bend or the Holiday Motel on January 3, 2025?