Security video helps lead to a masked killer who tried to hide the crime

Detectives Stephanie Winter and Devin Rigo of the Hillsboro, Oregon, Police Department had never encountered a crime scene like the one they encountered in January 2023.

Natalie Morales : How would you two characterize this case when you first got it? What did you think?

Det. Stephanie Winter : You know, I just thought that it's a wild case.

Det. Devin Rigo : So we all got a page on our department cell phones saying that there was … death at Intel.

Intel, the giant tech company known for its innovative computer chips, had several large production facilities in Hillsboro, outside of Portland.

Det. Stephanie Winter : It didn't make sense. … He looked like he had passed peacefully. … there was minimal blood within the car.

The deceased was Kenneth "Kenny" Fandrich , age 56, a contract pipe fitter at the plant. His wife, Tanya, had reported him missing when he was late getting home. Like many couples, they shared their locations on their phones. Tanya tracked him to the Intel parking lot.

She was already there at the garage when police arrived with body cameras rolling.

OFFICER (police bodycam video): So, we're going to have the fire — we're gonna have the medics —

The Hillsboro Police Mobile Command Center was stationed at the scene, and that was where detectives first talked to Tanya.

Natalie Morales (Inside the Mobile Command Center): That night, you — you brought Tanya Fandrich, right in here … What did she seem like to you?

Det. Dayanna Mesch : She was very monotone … in the way she was speaking.

Det. Dayana Mesh : She seemed very out of her body. Like she didn't react as —

Det. Dayanna Mesch : — as much as you would think somebody would … but I had to kind of pull a lot of the answers out of her.