On Friday, May 3rd, just after 4:30 am, officers responded to the Tiki Lodge, 509 N. Riverside, room 111, for a possible disturbance. Upon arrival, officers could not get anyone to come to the door and ultimately forced entry. Officers believed that as they made entry, they heard someone escape out of the bathroom window.
Officers found a deceased female in the bathroom as well as evidence of a violent disturbance. Additional officers responded and began checking the area, to include police K9 officer Kylo. K9 officer Kylo led officers to a dumpster behind a business in the 500 block of N. Bartlett Street. Officers found a male hiding in the dumpster, and he was arrested after sustaining a bite wound from K9 officer Kylo.
A further examination of the scene, as well as the decedent, indicated the victim died as the result of a homicide. She was identified as Sierra Bree Clemens, 23 years old. Clemens is from Grass Valley, California and next of kin have been notified.
The crime scene included the path the suspect would have taken from the motel room to the dumpster where he was found.
Later in the afternoon, at about 3:30 pm, Medford Police Detectives lodged the suspect in this case, Justin Lee Graham-Yaeger, 33, for one count of Murder, no bail.
Graham-Yaeger was provided medical treatment for the K9 bite that occurred during arrest. After he was released from the hospital, he was interviewed and lodged in Jackson County Jail. Graham-Yaeger’s address is listed as transient. He is also on Post-Prison Supervision for Burglary and Felon in Possession of a Weapon out of Jackson County Community Justice.
The motive of the murder remains under investigation. An autopsy will be conducted in the near future.
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