Local fugitive to be featured on America's Most Wanted
PORTLAND, Ore. - A man who impersonated a police officer, kidnapped two women and attempted to rape them remains at large nearly two years later and will now be featured on America's Most Wanted.
Paul Evans Winklebleck, 43, is wanted on felony warrants for kidnapping, criminal impersonation, assault, attempted rape and robbery. He is also wanted for child sex abuse and failing to register as a child sex offender.
The charges stem from a March 4, 2010 incident where two women were approached outside the Roseland Theater just before midnight by Winklebleck, who told them he was a police spotter. He said he would help them get home because they might be intoxicated.
The two women believed Winklebleck and agreed to let him drive them home in their car. Once the women were inside the vehicle, Winklebleck displayed a knife, drove south on Interstate 5 and took the Detroit Lake exit near Salem.
He later stopped on a gravel road off the freeway and the women were able to escape at that point. They ran to a nearby home and a resident there called 911. Winklebleck fled the area and has eluded capture ever since.
That may soon change, though, because now his face will be shown on America's Most Wanted. The show will air at 9 p.m. Friday on the Lifetime Network.
Meanwhile, investigators here are continuing to work the case and they are urging people who called with tips in the past about Winklebleck's whereabouts to contact them again if they have new information about where he might be.
Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward of up to $1,000 for information, reported to Crime Stoppers, that leads to an arrest in this case, or any unsolved felony, and you remain anonymous. Call Crime Stoppers at 503-823-HELP (4357), leave a tip online, or text 823HELP plus your tip and send it to CRIMES (274697).
Suspect Description
- White male
- Approximately 5 feet, 11 inches tall
- Stocky build
- Reddish-brown hair that is short and thick
- Thick goatee and mustache
- Has a tattoo on his upper back that says 'Combative for God'