By Paul Daquilante • Staff Writer • 

Arrest made in connection with missing mother, son

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Bill B

OK, it's 5:00 PM and the breaking news from the news register is that Wolfe has been arraigned on charges and additional information will be available with Friday's addition.

An hour earlier Fox news reports the following;

"SALEM, OR (KTPV) - Surveillance video and cell phone records helped connect a man now charged with murder to the disappearance of a Salem woman and her 3-year-old son, according to court documents.

Michael John Wolfe, 52, is facing charges of kidnapping and aggravated murder.

The search continues for Karissa Fretwell, 25, and her son William. The Yamhill County district attorney confirmed Tuesday that prosecutors have evidence the mother and son have died.

Newly released court documents outline the investigation to this point.

Fretwell was last seen May 13. She was not in contact with family, babysitters or her employer after that date.

Family members checked on her apartment and found the front door unlocked, the TV on and important items left behind, including her bank card and eyeglasses, according to a probable cause affidavit.

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Both of her vehicles were also parked outside.

Family members told investigators she had recently been in court with Wolfe, who is the biological father of William.

Wolfe was interviewed by police at his home in Gaston on May 18 and admitted to having an “intimate relationship” with Fretwell four years ago, according to court documents.

A probable cause affidavit states Wolfe admitted a recent child support hearing “did not go well” and he was ordered to pay $900 per month, but he also said he had not been in Salem in over a year and did not have a direct way to communicate with Fretwell.

Wolfe said he worked his normal 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. shift at Cascade Steel in McMinnville from May 10 through May 13, and then had the following week off, according to the affidavit......."

and much mor

Why do we have to wait until Friday to read this in the new register?

Oregon1

"Sources told the News-Register that Wolfe was once an employee of Cascade Steel Rolling Mills Inc" -- Another news outlet reported that he was currently employed there and had been caught on video arriving at the mill with a white bag, shortly after his cell phone records show he was in Hopewell. What's the whole story here? Bill's comment below quotes KTPV's article saying he worked at the mill May 10-13 on his normal 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. shift. NR's article is lacking in accurate facts.

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