On the early morning of September 30, 1992, Oregon State Police Trooper Bret Robert Clodfelter, 34, was murdered after a routine traffic stop near Klamath Falls. After arresting the driver for suspected drunk driving, Clodfelter put the driver and two intoxicated passengers into his patrol car and gave the two passengers a ride home. One passenger was Francisco Manzo-Hernandez, who had prior assault and drug-related arrests.

Dispatch lost contact with Clodfelter and a backup officer found his patrol car about four blocks from the stop. Clodfelter was in the driver’s seat, shot multiple times in the head; the three people he had transported were gone. The search that followed involved many local and state agencies, public composite sketches of Manzo-Hernandez, and a reward for information.

A tip led officers to a barn on the same street on October 2, 1992; Manzo-Hernandez tried to flee but was caught in a nearby field. Investigators determined he had hidden a handgun during a frisk and used it from the back seat to kill Trooper Clodfelter. Does anyone have information about Trooper Clodfelter’s last shift or the events around that night?