September 11, 1987. Cowlitz County, Washington. The dismembered headless torso of a woman is discovered in the Lewis River and the same victim’s legs are soon found 30 miles away in the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon. Thirteen days later, the body of an infant girl who is believed to be the woman’s daughter is discovered in the Cowlitz River, but since the identity of both victims cannot be determined, they remain Jane Does. In 2006, the decedents are finally identified as 24-year old Raj Narain, who originally hailed fro...
September 11, 1987. Cowlitz County, Washington. The dismembered headless torso of a woman is discovered in the Lewis River and the same victim’s legs are soon found 30 miles away in the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon. Thirteen days later, the body of an infant girl who is believed to be the woman’s daughter is discovered in the Cowlitz River, but since the identity of both victims cannot be determined, they remain Jane Does. In 2006, the decedents are finally identified as 24-year old Raj Narain, who originally hailed from Fiji, and her 14-month old American-born daughter, Kamnee. It turns out that Raj’s 30-year old husband, Ashok Narain, went missing around the same time the murders took place, but since he cannot be found, the crime is never solved. Did Ashok murder his wife and daughter, or were all they victims of an unknown third party? On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore the bizarre saga of the Narain family.
If you have any information about this case, please contact the the Kelso Police Department at (360) 423-1270., the Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office at (360) 577-3092 or the Eugene Police Department at (541) 682-5111.
Additional Reading:
https://charleyproject.org/case/ashok-kumar-narain
https://www.oregonlive.com/breakingnews/2007/09/after_20_years_dna_identifies.html
https://www.seattlepi.com/news/slideshow/Without-a-Trace-5058.php
https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Part-7-Records-often-are-as-hard-to-find-as-a-1107646.php
https://www.seattlepi.com/seattlenews/article/unmarked-graves-may-hold-his-sister-niece-1213531.php
https://www.smh.com.au/national/o-sister-where-art-thou-20071116-gdrm21.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20110822070624/http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=178389
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https://old.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/1mrfr6q/in_1987_a_whole_family_would_vanish_from_eugene/
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