Police hunt kidnapping suspect

Two women abducted after downtown Portland concert

By Jim Redden

The Portland Tribune, Mar 7, 2010, Updated Mar 16, 2010 (5 Reader comments)

Portland Police Brueau

Paul Evans Winklebeck

Portland police are looking for a registered sex offender suspected of kidnapping two women March 4 after a downtown evening concert.

Paul Evans Winklebeck, 42, is also wanted for third-degree sex abuse and a probation violation. Police said Winklebeck is 5-foot-11 tall, with a stocky build, with short reddish brown hair and a thick goatee and mustache.

Winklebeck may be driving a dark green GMC Sonoma pickup with an Oregon license plate 289EPF. He was last seen wearing a camouflage or hunting shirt or jacket and a matching hat. Winklebleck also uses the last names of Sullivan and Rose.

According to the police, at approximately 11:45 p.m. on Thursday, March 4, two women were leaving a concert in Old Town when they were approached by Winklebeck. He told them that he was a “spotter” for the police and was there to escort them because they might be intoxicated. Both women declined and got into their car. But Winklebeck approached them again and said they would be arrested for drunk driving if they drove away.

The women then decided to allow Winklebeck to drive them out of the area in their car. Instead, he left the downtown and drove south on Interstate 5. According to the police, he displayed a knife and forced the women to take several pills.

Winklebeck eventually pulled off at the Detroit Lake exit and stopped on a gravel road, where he physically assaulted one of the women.

One woman was able to escape, however, and ran towards a residence in the area. People who were inside called 911 and the Marion County Sheriff’s Office responded. While that was happening, the second woman broke free hid in the area. Sheriff’s deputies were able to locate both women, but Winklebeck had fled the area by then. The vehicle was found late Friday afternoon about 10 miles from where the women were found.

Anyone with information about the investigation is asked to call Det. Michele Michaels, 503-823-0635.

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