Police Search in McMinnville‏ May Have Led to the Discovery of Christopher Lampkin's Body

Christopher was last seen April 10th 2006 on Ruge Street in West Salem.

Sources say the remains are those of Christopher Lampkin, missing since April 2006. Image of missing poster courtesy: someoneismissing.com

(MCMINNVILLE, Ore.) - The remains of a Salem man named Christopher Lampkin who has been missing since April 2006, may have been discovered on a farm on SW Oldsfield Road in McMinnville this week.

Information released today by Prosecutor Courtland Geyer confirms that a warrant, served by Salem Police, was related to the ongoing investigation into the murder of Christopher Marcus Lampkin, though he says a positive identification has not been made at this point.

The residents of the property told reporters that they were surprised by the arrival of police officers who searched the property.

Geyer says an autopsy was conducted today at the Oregon State Medical Examiner's Office, and that the results of the autopsy determined that the human remains were those of a male who died of homicidal violence.

Family members told KPTV News that they believe the body is that of Christopher Lampkin may have been found in a barrel on the McMinnville farm on Monday, a day earlier than police and the Marion DA indicated.

Christopher Lampkin was first reported missing by his parents in June 2006, and police said information at that time indicated foul play may have been involved.

Police issued an alert on June 21st 2006, seeking information on the location of the 24-year old. His parents say past involvement with meth was probably behind his disappearance.

Christopher was last seen at approximately 3:00 PM that day in April 2006 on Ruge St. in West Salem, in a dark green four door sedan.

Christopher was considered missing under suspicious circumstances and police indicated early on that information surfaced indicating that foul play was involved. His family described his extended disappearance as highly unusual and they feared the worst.

During the course of the investigation, Salem Police Lt. Jim Anglemier says information was revealed led them to believe Lampkin had been killed in Salem by 25-year old Leonardo Garcia Gonzalez of Salem.

Leonardo Gonzalez was indicted for the murder of Christopher Marcus Lampkin.

That trial is set to begin in Marion County Circuit Court on November 5th, 2007 at 8:30 AM.

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either way, victor and leonardo are still my family,no i cant even imagine what you are going through, but YES we have lost them as well. victors children now have to grow up without their father and if you didnt know, they are are 5 and 6 yrs old. ofcourse they will see him again when he gets out,but they have lost someone they truly loved, for many years to come. im not saying to feel sorry for them, but we too have lost 2 family members. we all still love both of them very much! btw, NO leonardo is not getting treated badly in there! oh yeah, WHO are you calling a crackhead? they may have sold drugs but they were in NO way crackheads! everyone who knows the people involved, knows who the drug abuser was..

I think of Chris everyday. I met him through a friend, and we became very close. We were on the verge of dating when he disappeared. I told him he should stay away from those types of people. Although, I have since moved on with my life, I love him dearly. He will truly be missed.

we will never forget what happen to chris. he was very loving an cared about his family. i hope that no one to go throgh what my family went through. ya leonardo in prison but you all have to think he is alive.if there a god or a way his life will be hell the whole time there.the law needs to chang to what it was befor for murder so maybe we all need to stick together an pray it would go back. let people do to them what they did to victim

I recently found out that I was related to one of the men involved in the murder. I am very sorry to all of those effected. I am very sorry to hear that this happened to Chris. RIP Chris.

ur family is no affected u still have that no good crack head we lost chris but he still here ihope leonardo wakes up everyday thinking what the day gongto bring him.an see r face and chrs face lookg at him an if hre a way justice will still be one best and believe that. cso get tht how u chris had alt of friends an i no justice sill ca be done behid prison doors u mig be oin whati doing rip so thik bout that

so u think leardo will come home i hope he dont ever come back n if there agdhe wont mke it outof prison udont no wht lss is until ur familygoes thrg wha we have iprayno one will go through that i hoe every oe get what they should get i hear leonardo beengetting every hing that should come to him s i gues there s a god i love u chris ur aunt will keep writing about this rip sweet hear

the family of Leonardo and Victor is also affected by this,we lost loved ones as well, but i know they will come home one day, and i am truly sorry that this happened to Chris.

i hope every one keep up on this storey then we might be able to change the murder law i love u chris ur aunt

chris was a loving guy that would do anything for any one. did not matter if he did not no you.he loved going to his grandma eating her home made gravy an biscuits. she would make that all the time for him.i know chris is still here wiyh us he will allways be here with us at times i will look at his pic an talk to him crazy ha.up dates will be given rip my nephew we love u rip grandama says she loves u

im christopher aunt. chris will always be loved an miss. people needs to change some of the sistem in oregon. how can some one get 45 to life for what leonardo did he should get what realy comming to him every one of them an the family on the farm should be doing time alsoshooting then cut some one up in pieces i hope to got justice in prison will be done to each of them we love and miss u chris rip see u again in heaven love ur family

im chris aunt we will rip when this done i hope they all rot in hell for what the3y did

Curmudgeon- whoever you are..if you have direct information about either of these cases you should report it directly to the police departments involved in the investigations!!!!

This is very sad and heart breaking RIP. Atleast, now that they caught him, he will finally get Justice.

miss ya brotha.. =[ I got a little bit of you here with me though.

Chris, I spoke with your uncle tonight, he is sad, because you were his best friend. I hope your family get closure from the case. RIP

well I think DA office keep bones on file,and records too!

i am so very sorry about the familys loss, i hope they can find closure.

This is heartbreaking... RIP Chris

The case of missing person Billy Mills seems very similar to this situation. Has there been any progress on that case. They might just find him in a barrel also.

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