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In the early morning hours of February 16, 2014, Edward Kelly Spangler, 43, of Grants Pass was found dead inside an SUV that had crashed through a parking lot in Canby, Oregon, after striking a power pole. Investigators determined Spangler had been shot; what first appeared to be a hit-and-run was treated as a homicide connected to a drug robbery.

Detectives traced events to an apartment complex on South Locust Street where Spangler had reportedly been involved in a drug deal. The plan was to rob him of 15 pounds of marijuana. Three suspects were identified: Michael A. Orren, then 27, Shannon Bettencourt, 32, and Francis Weaver, 31. Police say Orren was the gunman who shot Spangler in the face and shoulder, Weaver provided the gun, and Bettencourt took part in the robbery plot. Weaver and Orren exchanged text messages in the hours before the confrontation in the apartment building’s back parking lot.

Does anyone have information about Spangler’s movements in Canby that morning or additional details about the apartment complex on South Locust Street?