Kaylee Alesa Birdzell, 27, of Sherwood, Oregon, was reported missing by family on August 5, 2022, after she was last known to be alive on July 31, 2022. Her body was recovered at the Coffin Butte Landfill near Corvallis on August 10, 2022. An autopsy confirmed her death was a homicide.

Investigators say information received on August 7, 2022, led them to believe Kaylee had been murdered and her body disposed of in the garbage at an apartment complex in Benton County. Authorities arrested Fabian Albert Hernandez and charged him with murder and abuse of a corpse in connection with her death.

Before that case reached trial, Hernandez died after an apparent suicide attempt while in custody.

If anyone has information about Kaylee, her last known movements, or the apartment complex dumpster where she was said to have been placed, please come forward.