Oregon's 1983 Murder Case Stalled by Federal Budget Cuts

The decades-old murder cases in small American communities remain unresolved and continue to haunt these towns. In southern Greenwich, Connecticut, the 1975 murder of 15-year-old Martha Moxley, bludgeoned with a golf club and linked to the prominent Skakel family associated with the Kennedys, remains a tragic mystery with delayed justice. In La Grande, Oregon, the 1983 murder of bartender Dana DuMars has been stalled again due to budget cuts under President Trump's administration, which eliminated a Justice Department grant that funded a key investigator working on the cold case. Investigator Mike Harris had made significant progress by reviewing extensive evidence and conducting DNA tests but has now been reassigned, leaving the case "dead in the water." These cases highlight the challenges small communities face in solving violent crimes from the past, often hindered by limited resources and complex investigations. Meanwhile, the disappearance of four-year-old Gus Lamont in remote South Australia remains a perplexing and private tragedy, with the local community's silence and secrecy adding to the mystery.