On August 6, 2008, Anthony Patrick Tony Cooper, 26, and his wife Melinda Beth Kotkins were found dead in their Gresham, Oregon townhouse after a utility worker noticed a foul odor and flies at the residence. Both victims had been shot in the head execution-style. Neighbors had reported a steady stream of visitors to the home, and Cooper had reportedly been parking his car down the street because he feared people were after him.

Investigators focused on the couple’s ties to the local drug trade. James Charles Tooley, who sold oxycodone for Cooper, emerged as a suspect after his cousin told police Tooley had confessed to the killings. A fingerprint on a gun case at the scene and surveillance footage further tied Tooley to the crime; prosecutors say the motive was to take over Cooper’s drug operation and that Tooley lured the couple to the townhouse in late July 2008 before killing them.

Tooley was arrested in March 2009. While jailed awaiting trial he allegedly tried to arrange the cousin’s murder; recordings captured him arranging payment for the hit. A jury later convicted Tooley of aggravated murder and related charges and he received life with the possibility of parole after 30 years.

Does anyone have information about the couple’s activities or associates in Gresham in 2008 that could shed more light on what led to this double homicide?