Security video helps lead Oregon detectives to a masked killer who tried to hide the crime

How Surveillance Footage Guided Oregon Investigators to a Disguised Suspect

Wertynews.com – This report first broadcast on October 4, 2025. When detectives Stephanie Winter and Devin Rigo arrived at a crime scene in January 2023, they encountered something entirely unusual for the Hillsboro, Oregon, Police Department.

An Unusual Discovery at Intel

The incident occurred in the evening, after nine o’clock. A message came through on their department cell phones indicating a death had taken place at Intel. The technology corporation maintained several major production facilities in Hillsboro, located just outside Portland.

According to Detective Winter, the situation seemed illogical at first. The victim appeared to have died peacefully, with very little blood visible inside the vehicle. Police discovered the body within an Oregon parking garage.

The deceased was Kenneth “Kenny” Fandrich, a 56-year-old contract pipe fitter employed at the facility. His wife, Tanya, had already reported him missing because he was late returning home. Like numerous couples, the Fandrichs shared their phone locations. Tanya was able to track Kenny to the Intel parking lot.

TANYA FANDRICH (police bodycam video): What’s wrong?

OFFICER: We — we’re not sure right now.

Tanya had already arrived at the garage when officers showed up with body cameras recording.

OFFICER (police bodycam video): So, we’re going to have the fire — we’re gonna have the medics —

TANYA FANDRICH: Where is he? …

OFFICER: He’s here in the garage somewhere …

Shortly afterward, she received confirmation that her husband was dead. The Hillsboro Police Mobile Command Center was positioned at the location, and that is where investigators initially spoke with Tanya.

Understanding Tanya’s Reaction

Natalie Morales, reporting from inside the Mobile Command Center, asked the detectives about Tanya’s demeanor that night.

Natalie Morales (Inside the Mobile Command Center): That night, you — you brought Tanya Fandrich, right in here … What did she seem like to you?

Detective Dayanna Mesch: She was very monotone … in the way she was speaking.

Detective Dayanna Mesch conducted the first interview with Tanya Fandrich.

Detective Dayanna Mesh: She seemed very out of her body. Like she didn’t react as —

Natalie Morales: Mm-hmm.

Detective Dayanna Mesch: — as much as you would think somebody would … but I had to kind of pull a lot of the answers out of her.

Mesch discovered additional context regarding Tanya’s presence at the scene.

Detective Dayanna Mesch: She told me that they had some issues in the past with their marriage … now … they would check in on each other more often. …

Natalie Morales: Do alarm bells sort of go off here?

Detective Dayanna Mesch: Yeah. There was some suspicion … we always look at the people closest to the deceased.

However, Mesch understood not to jump to conclusions immediately.

Detective Dayanna Mesch: Everybody grieves differently … it just was different than other victims I’ve seen …

Both Tanya and the investigators had considerable material to process. The crime scene did not look particularly violent.

Following the Clues

Detective Winter noted that Kenny’s lunch bag, his meal, his keys, and his phone were all arranged neatly beside him in the passenger seat.

Detective Stephanie Winter: My first thought was, how are we going to figure this out?

Their initial breakthroughs came from surveillance footage. Detective Devin Rigo watched the video and observed a man wearing a hard hat and red-mirror tinted glasses who had actually spray-painted cameras around 7 a.m. that same morning—his actions going unnoticed by Intel security personnel.

Detective Devin Rigo (watching security video): So he will pop up right here, uh, next to that column that we’re seeing right here in the — in the corner. Just kinda waits for a camera and then just pops up.

Detective Devin Rigo: I wanna say about six or seven cameras.

Some cameras remained unsprayed, and investigators focused on images of a vehicle they suspected belonged to the perpetrator.

Detective Devin Rigo: We’re looking at early afternoon now, and then we see this maroon van come in the parking garage. And no front plate on the car.

It was an older, maroon-colored Dodge van. They followed the van’s movements camera by camera until it vanished. Underneath a layer of blue spray paint, they could barely discern the van pulling into a parking space moments later.

Detective Devin Rigo (watching security video): So right here, you can see that the van is this shadow right in here.

Natalie Morales: OK, right.

Detective Devin Rigo: And then, this vehicle right here is actually Kenneth Fandrich’s black Honda Civic.

It was 3:21 p.m., shortly after Kenny completed his shift. Video shows him walking back through the garage. And then… very difficult to see… behind the blue spray paint.

Detective Devin Rigo (watching surveillance video)