Erik Meza, 44, is accused of shooting and killing Priscilla Aldana, 43, who police said was reported missing from Salem on Dec. 23. Police say Aldana’s body was found outside a burned structure on an abandoned lot.
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No arrest in New Year’s Day shooting that wounded teen in NE Salem
In the early hours of 2025, an 18-year-old woman arrived at Salem Hospital with a gunshot wound. Salem police say she’d come from a home on Northeast Aguilas Court, where police had just responded to a disturbance and found a crowd dispersing.
Police investigating “suspicious death” after body found on SE Lancaster Drive
Salem police have provided no details about the death of a person found around 10 a.m. Friday in a vacant lot in the 3000 block of Southeast Lancaster Drive, only describing it as suspicious.
Police seek “vehicle of interest” seen near fatal hit-and-run in West Salem
Surveillance video shows a white SUV near the scene of a fatal hit-and-run collision in West Salem minutes before police responded to the intersection of Northwest Edgewater Street and Northwest Mulark Avenue on Dec. 23.
Police seek help finding missing, endangered Salem woman
Priscilla Aldana, 43, of Salem, was last known to be in the area of Southeast Lancaster Drive and Southeast Hagers Grove Road around 4 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 20. She was reported missing on Monday, Dec. 23.
Salem police disproportionately cite Latinos during stops, state data shows
A report by the state Criminal Justice Commission shows Latino people were cited by Salem police more often during the last two years than the commission expected.
Man, 63, dies in suspected hit-and-run in West Salem on Monday night
Salem police responded to a report of a man lying injured in a West Salem roadway Monday night. The case is being investigated as a possible hit-and-run.
Salem-area police agencies will leave immigration enforcement to feds, local officials say
President-elect Donald Trump has promised a mass deportation of immigrants shortly after taking office in January. Salem-area law enforcement agencies say they’ll remain bound by state law, which bars them from enforcing immigration laws unless court-ordered to arrest someone accused of criminally violating such laws.
Salem man dies in train collision Sunday afternoon in NE Salem
A train struck and killed a 35-year-old man around 11:30 a.m. on Sunday at the railroad tracks near the intersection of Northeast 22nd Avenue and Northeast Claxter Road.
Salem man sentenced to life in prison for murdering 6-month-old son
On Monday, Edward W. Casian, of Salem, was sentenced to life in prison for murdering his six-month-old son Ryker Casian in 2022. During a police investigation, Edward Casian admitted to hurting his son multiple times in the months leading up to the murder.
