324: Leonard Opanashuk – Missing Oregon City Schoolgirls

FBI Retired Case File Review

Jerri Williams

True Crime, Interviews, Fiction, History, Fbi, Government, Truecrime

4.6 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2024

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Retired agent and BAU profiler Leonard Opanashuk reviews his 2002 investigation of the murders of two young Oregon City schoolgirls, Ashley Pond and Miranda Gaddis, who, within two months of each other, disappeared under mysterious circumstances en route to their neighborhood school bus stop. Len, a relatively new agent with just over a year of experience in the FBI, was assigned the missing schoolgirls case and was present when investigators discovered the remains of both girls buried on a neighbor's property. During the episode, Len explains how working this case shaped the rest of his FBI career. He served in the FBI for over 22 years.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 324 of FBI Retired
0:09.9	Case File Review with Jerry Williams.
0:12.8	I'm a retired agent on a mission to show you
0:16.4	who the FBI is and what the FBI does
0:19.8	through my books, my blog, and my podcast case reviews with former colleagues.
0:25.0	Today we get to speak to Retired Agent and Behavioral Analysis Unit,
0:31.0	B-A-U Profiler, Leonard O-Panishuk, who served in the FBI for 22 years.
0:38.6	In this episode, Lynn reviews his investigation of the murder of two Oregon City schoolgirls, Ashley Pond and
0:47.8	Miranda Gatis, who within two months of each other disappeared under mysterious circumstances and
0:55.6	route to their neighborhood school bus stop.
0:58.5	Len at the time was relatively a new agent with just over a year in the Bureau when he was assigned to this
1:06.0	missing school girls case. He was present when investigators discovered the
1:11.3	remains of both girls buried on a neighbor's property.
1:15.0	During his case review, he explains how this case shaped the rest of his FBI career.
1:22.0	Lynn's first assignment was to the Portland Division, where he worked violent crime, organized crime, and counterterrorism matters.
1:31.0	He was a member and senior team leader of the Portland Division's
1:35.3	Evidence Response Team, E.R.T.
1:38.4	Lynn's next assignment was to the Buffalo Division, where he worked on cold case homicides and as the
1:45.4	coordinator of the FBI Buffalo Cold Case Homicide Working Group where he
1:51.5	partnered with local and state law enforcement agencies,
1:55.2	including the area crime labs and medical examiners offices,
2:00.1	to obtain resources to address and examine unsolved cases.
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