Murderer appointed to Salem, Oregon public safety role
Kyle Hedquist, then 17, murdered Nikki Thrasher, 19, in 1994, shooting her in the head and leaving her body on the side of a rural road. Sentenced to life without parole, he received clemency in 2022 from Oregon’s then-governor, Kate Brown. Now he’ll be on the civil service commission and community police review board i…



