Law enforcement officials suspect this man killed four people in North Bend on June 18, 2021. Oen Evan Nicholson turned himself in to police in Wisconsin.

The man charged in the killings of four people in mid-June in Western Oregon returned to Coos County on Friday from Wisconsin and was ordered to be held on $8 million bond.    

Oen Evan Nicholson was arraigned Friday in front of Judge Martin Stone in the circuit court of Coos and Curry counties. At the arraignment, Coos County District Attorney R. Paul Frasier released an indictment charging Nicholson with first-degree murder, two counts of failure to perform the duties of a driver to injured persons and two counts of recklessly endangering another person.

A not guilty plea was entered on Nicholson’s behalf on all charges.

Police said Nicholson killed his father, Charles Nicholson, at an RV park at The Mill Casino on June 18. While leaving the RV park in his father’s pickup, police said, Nicholson ran over Anthony and Linda Oyster, who were walking across the street. Charles Oyster died at the scene, and Linda Oyster died several weeks later in the hospital.

Then, police said, Nicholson shot and killed Jennifer Davidson at a marijuana dispensary in North Bend.

He later wrecked the pickup truck in Lane County before allegedly kidnapping a woman in Springfield and forcing her to drive him to Wisconsin, where he turned himself in to police.