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<p class="MsoNormal">March 7, 2021<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Philomath (Benton County)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Police responded to a 911 hang up call and when no one responded, forced entry and found husband and wife, Merry Rath (53) and Carl Rath (55), both dead from apparent gunshot wounds. Believed to be a murder suicide.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Firearm<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Perpetrator deceased/ suicide<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><a href="https://democratherald.com/news/local/two-dead-in-apparent-murder-suicide-in-philomath/article_be7f2967-d458-54d7-877e-ff45bfced346.html">https://democratherald.com/news/local/two-dead-in-apparent-murder-suicide-in-philomath/article_be7f2967-d458-54d7-877e-ff45bfced346.html</a>
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><a href="https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2021/03/2-found-dead-with-gunshot-wounds-in-philomath-home.html">https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2021/03/2-found-dead-with-gunshot-wounds-in-philomath-home.html</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Number of known media-reported DV-related deaths in Oregon (2021): 15 (10 victims, 5 perpetrators)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">**If you are aware of DV-related homicides (or attempted homicides) that have happened in your community, please send me a link to any available information so that I can accurately keep track of the Oregon DV-related homicides over the
course of the year. Thank you!**<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#1F497D">Sarah Sabri (she/her/hers)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#1F497D">Domestic Violence Resource Prosecutor</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#1F497D">Sr. Assistant Attorney General | Criminal Justice Division</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#1F497D">Oregon Department of Justice</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#1F497D">2250 McGilchrist St. SE Ste. 100</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#1F497D">Salem, OR 97302</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#1F497D">Main: 503.378.6347 | Desk: 503.934.2024 | Fax: 503.373.1936</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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