KATU Investigators Foster kids press lawmakers for 'Bill of Rights' (Video)

By Dan Tilkin KATU News and KATU.com Staff Published: Mar 21, 2013 at 11:33 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 1:47 PM PDT

A KATU On Your Side Investigation exposed problems with the foster care system in January when the state removed two children from their foster home of several years.

KATU Investigators Ambushed: Documents shine some light on Oregon soldier's death (Video)

By Dan Tilkin and Kelly Hatmaker, KATU News Published: Mar 21, 2013 at 6:52 PM PDT Last Updated: Mar 22, 2013 at 11:15 AM PDT

Saturday marks the 10th anniversary of what's probably Oregon's most famous Iraq war death. And it has been an agonizing 10 years of unknowns for his parents. Was he was accidentally left behind during an ambush in the city of Nasiriyah? Or did he choose to stay behind while his convoy of vehicles from the 507th Maintenance Company escaped?

KATU Investigators ID-theft or clerical error? Woman wonders why tax return rejected (Video)

By Dan Tilkin On Your Side Investigator Published: Mar 18, 2013 at 6:23 PM PDT Last Updated: Mar 18, 2013 at 6:23 PM PDT

A college student waiting for her tax refund is now fighting to protect her identity after someone else started using her Social Security number.

KATU Investigators Woman says seeing 'red flags' on dates tipped her off to danger (Video)

By Anna Canzano On Your Side Investigator and KATU.com Staff Published: Mar 14, 2013 at 9:02 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 1:54 PM PDT

Three different women say Marlin Pohlman of Portland gave them drinks that tasted funny. He's accused of raping one of them, sexually abusing another and assaulting a third

KATU Investigators Malpractice sought after surgeon operates on wrong eye (Video)

By Patrick Preston KATU News and KATU.com Staff Published: Mar 14, 2013 at 7:58 AM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 1:11 PM PDT

When a surgeon operated on the wrong eye on a 4-year-old boy, his parents were shocked that something like that could happen. Now, they are pursuing a medical malpractice case against the doctor who performed the surgery, and the hospital where it was done.

KATU Investigators Clouds of doubt envelop business's claims to help charities (Video)

By Dan Tilkin KATU On Your Side Investigator and KATU.com Staff Published: Mar 11, 2013 at 10:40 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 2:00 PM PDT

An Oregon company is promising great deals while helping charity, but some people doing business with it say they're owed thousands of dollars.

KATU Investigators Every second counts: Fire depts. struggle with slow response times (Photo Gallery) (Video)

By Anna Canzano, On Your Side Investigator and KATU.com Staff Published: Feb 25, 2013 at 7:30 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 1:54 PM PDT

How long will it take firefighters to arrive if you have an emergency? KATU pored through data from the city of Portland and found sections of towns where it takes firefighers minutes longer than the ideal time to reach a scene. In some cases, that could mean the difference between life and death.

KATU Investigators Accused dog killer has new puppy at home, despite judge's ruling (Video)

By Dan Tilkin, KATU News and KATU.com Staff Published: Feb 25, 2013 at 6:54 PM PDT Last Updated: Feb 25, 2013 at 7:39 PM PDT

A man who admitted to police that he killed his dogs because he couldn’t afford to take care of them now has a puppy at home – despite a judge’s order against it. JP Stalcup says his attorney cleared having a dog with a judge, but KATU could not confirm it.

KATU Investigators Fighting the war against exhaustion: Armed forces on Ambien (Video)

By KATU News Published: Feb 22, 2013 at 1:13 AM PDT Last Updated: Feb 22, 2013 at 1:21 AM PDT

A KATU On Your Side investigation has prompted a congressional probe into the misuse of sleeping pills by armed forces members on sensitive military missions.

KATU Investigators Woman recounts nightmare surrogate pregnancy (Video)

By Anna Canzano, On Your Side Investigator Published: Feb 21, 2013 at 7:36 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 2:05 PM PDT

Cari Byers of Vancouver said she didn't realize until the middle of her pregnancy that the foreign couple she was having a baby for also hired a second surrogate to simultaneously carry another baby.

KATU Investigators Internet Casanova's alleged string of deception ends with capture (Video)

By Anna Canzano KATU Investigator and KATU.com Staff Published: Feb 21, 2013 at 12:44 AM PDT Last Updated: Feb 21, 2013 at 5:50 PM PDT

The KATU On Your Side Investigators uncovered how Ray Holycross made his way from the Midwest to Portland, using Internet dating sites to meet women and then apparently steal from them.

KATU Investigators Portland owed millions in unpaid parking tickets (Video)

By Dan Tilkin, KATU On Your Side Investigator Published: Feb 13, 2013 at 7:01 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 1:54 PM PDT

Multnomah County is owed $42 million in unpaid parking fines, much of which would be directed to Portland's coffers if ever collected. Collecting that money would got a long way to closing a large budget gap, but there are many barriers in the way.

KATU Investigators Caterer splits when KATU goes looking for answers (Video)

By Dan Tilkin KATU News and KATU.com Staff Published: Feb 11, 2013 at 10:46 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 1:54 PM PDT

The owner of a defunct catering business who left his customers high and dry isn't answering questions.

KATU Investigators DHS to review why children removed from foster home

By Dan Tilkin KATU Investigator Published: Jan 29, 2013 at 9:24 PM PDT Last Updated: Jan 29, 2013 at 9:24 PM PDT

In the wake of a KATU On Your Side Investigation, the Oregon Department of Human Services has begun an internal investigation into why it removed two children from the foster home they had lived in for two and a half years.

KATU Investigators Did man have option of calling police before pulling trigger? (Video)

By Dan Tilkin KATU Investigator and KATU.com Staff Published: Feb 9, 2013 at 12:51 AM PDT Last Updated: Feb 9, 2013 at 12:51 AM PDT

Prosecutors are charging 27-year-old Sean Doucette with the murder of 19-year-old Iosif Dumitrash even though newly released 911 calls reveal Doucette may have feared for his safety when he shot Dumitrash.