Veronica Marie Gray, 57, was found dead in a remote area near Selma, Oregon. A confused 911 call on June 27, 2026, reported a woman had been shot in the Deer Creek Road area but poor cell service cut the call off and the caller could not be re-contacted. Deputies and rangers resumed the search the next day; on June 28 a Josephine County deputy and two Bureau of Land Management rangers located Gray’s body on Upper Deer Creek Road.

Investigators quickly identified 42-year-old Monty Ryan Breedlove as the primary suspect. A probable cause affidavit says Breedlove, described as Gray’s boyfriend, told officers he fired at what he thought was a mountain lion and the shot struck Gray. The affidavit further states he fled the scene with a friend, left Gray alive and asking for a drink, and later showed where he had hidden two firearms. Breedlove was taken into custody and charged with first-degree manslaughter and felon in possession of a firearm and held on $500,000 bail.

What does anyone who knew Veronica or who was in the Deer Creek area that weekend remember?