Ex-girlfriend of Oregon 'serial killer' reveals shocking way he'd try and control his violent rages - and says she's still in touch with him

A woman who was dating accused serial killer Jesse Calhoun revealed how he would tell her not to talk to him when he was angry.

Krista Sinor met the murder suspect through Facebook and they dated until he was arrested on parole violations before the accusations surfaced.

Calhoun is suspected of killing four women in a 100-mile radius from Polk County southwest of Portland to the Columbia River Gorge, east of the city.

Kristin Smith, 22; Charity Perry, 24; Bridget Webster, 31; and Ashley Real, 22, were found dead over three months in wooded areas, under a bridge and in a culvert.

Jesse Calhoun is suspected of murdering four woman in a 100-mile radius from Polk County southwest of Portland to the Columbia River Gorge, east of the city

Krista Sinor met him through Facebook and they dated until he was arrested on parole violations before the murder accusations surfaced

Sinor said she was still in contact with the accused killer through letters and phone calls to the jail, and found the murder accusations 'confusing'.

She described how their relationship was turbulent and said Calhoun would sometimes fly into a rage but try to shield her form the worst of it.

'He would always say, if he got mad, like if he stubbed his toe or something, he'd be like, 'Don't talk to me',' she told News Nation.

'Just know that I can't be talked to for a few minutes, you know, when I get angry, just let me be and we'll discuss it later.

'There was a few times that things weren't going the way he was hoping to go and he would like throw me to the side... but on the bed

'So I mean, those times that I was thrown on the bed and he would be angry or whatever saying that I did something to... mess things up, he would come back and apologize for that.'

Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office announced on Friday that Calhoun would be charged with the murder of three women. 

Calhoun has a lengthy criminal record, with felony convictions dating back almost 20 years.

He was reportedly a talented artist, who told booking officials he earned his living painting designs on vehicles. 

His first felony conviction was in 2004. He was arrested again in 2018, with meth, several guns, and more than 500 rounds of ammunition. The Multnomah County Sheriff's Office called him a 'prolific thief and career criminal.' 

In 2019 he was given four sentences, set to run concurrently.

Calhoun was one of 41 prison inmates whose prison sentence was lowered by one year in 2021 by then-Governor Kate Brown after they helped battle devastating 2020 wildfires in Oregon.

Kristin Smith, 22 (left), was the first victim: she was discovered on February 19 last year. On April 24, 2023, the second, Charity Perry, 24 (right), was found dead

Bridget Webster, 31 (left), was found on April 30, 2023, and Ashley Real, 22 (right), on May 7, 2023

Calhoun was released from the Columbia River Correctional Institution on July 22, 2021, almost one year before his projected release date, the Oregon Department of Corrections said on Friday. 

He had been serving a 50-month sentence for assaulting a police officer, trying to strangle a police dog, burglary and felony unauthorized use of a vehicle.

Governor Tina Kotek revoked his commutation on July 3.

The 6ft, 4in suspect, who has a history of resisting arrest, jumped into the Willamette River in Milwaukie and tried to escape when found on July 6.