GRANTS PASS, Ore. -- Grants Pass police are working to find an attempted murder suspect, and they're working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Grants Pass Police Department (GPPD) met with the FBI Monday to develop leads to find 36-year-old attempted murder suspect Benjamin Foster of Wolf Creek.
GPPD says he tortured and beat a woman to unconsciousness, updating today that she remains in critical condition and she has not regained consciousness since she was discovered last Tuesday.
Grants Pass police consider Foster extremely dangerous. They found his blue Nissan Sentra Thursday night, and GPPD is actively searching for him. He seems to have local ties that go back to high school -- and back to last week.
Phoenix-Talent School District says a "Benjamin Obdiah Foster" graduated from Phoenix High School in 2006.
Police are sharing a different photo of foster today, as displayed without a beard and mustache because he might have shaved them -- and maybe shaved his head -- to evade capture.
Grants Pass police want Foster for attempted murder, assault and kidnapping charges.
They arrested 68-year-old Tina Marie Jones of Wolf Creek last Thursday, and she has a court date this week accused of helping Foster.
She has a Friday Josephine County Circuit Court appearance, accused of hindering criminal prosecution.
Court records today say she helped Foster destroy and conceal crime evidence. Police say Jones followed Foster last Thursday, January 26, 2023, to a remote location at Wolf Creek. The court document says Foster intentionally drove his vehicle off of an embankment to destroy and hide crime evidence, then Jones gave him a ride to safety. Josephine County jail's inmate record shows she's in the jail on $25,000 bond.
Police advise people to call 911 with any information about Foster's location.
A tip-line is offering a $2,500 dollar reward for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of Benjamin Obadiah Foster.
