Southern Oregon Woman Convicted, March 6

On February 24th, 2017, Tracy BENET was found Guilty by a Josephine County Jury for : Attempted Murder, Burglary in the First Degree (x3), Assault 2 (x2), UUW(x2) Criminal Mischief in the First Degree 1, Interfering with Making 911 call, Attempted Kidnapping First Degree, and Menacing. Sentencing will occur sometime in the future. ***End of Update*** Previous Release: February 3, 2016 – Oregon State Police (OSP) is continuing the investigation into Wednesday mornings stabbing in Josephine County. On February 3rd, 2016 at approximately 7:10 a.m. OSP troopers from the Grants Pass Area Command responded to a report of a stabbing which occurred at 380 Murphy Creek Rd, Grants Pass, Josephine County. Upon their arrival they located one female victim who sustained a knife wound to her left torso and blunt force injuries to her hand and foot. The female victim was transported to Three Rivers Medical Center in Grants Pass with non-life threatening injuries. The victim will not be identified at this time as this is an on-going investigation. The OSP Criminal Investigation Division assumed the investigation and subsequently arrested, TRACY BENET, age 51, listed as a transient. BENET was lodged at the Josephine County Jail.