Between November 2022 and April 2023, six women disappeared in the Portland, Oregon, area. Remains of the missing women turned up months apart, in wooded areas and along rural roads across Oregon and southwest Washington, and at least one woman was never found. It would take years for prosecutors to connect the murders and accuse one man for all six deaths.

Jesse Calhoun, now 41, faces five counts of second-degree murder, four counts of abuse of a corpse, and one count of first-degree manslaughter. Calhoun has pleaded not guilty to all charges.

Here’s what we know about Calhoun and the six women he’s accused of murdering.

Jesse Lee Calhoun, born in 1985, has a criminal record in Oregon dating back more than two decades. In 2019, he received a 50-month prison sentence after convictions that included burglary and unauthorized use of a vehicle.…