Slay suspect caught after posting death photos

Published 9:46 am Thursday, November 6, 2014

PORTLAND, Ore. — A man accused of slaying his girlfriend, posting photos of her body and the gruesome crime scene online, and writing that he wanted authorities to kill him has surrendered in Oregon.

Clackamas County sheriff’s Sgt. Nate Thompson said late Wednesday night that 33-year-old David Kalac was arrested at a transit center in Wilsonville, about 20 miles south of Portland.

Kalac has been charged with second-degree murder in the slaying of Amber Lynn Coplin, 30, in Port Orchard, Wash. He was transported to Portland, where he was being held on $2 million bail.

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Deputies have confirmed that gruesome photos posted on a website are of the victim and the Port Orchard crime scene.