Douglas Franklin Wright (March 25, 1940 – September 6, 1996)[1] was an American serial killer who murdered at least seven people in Oregon between 1969 and 1991.

According to psychological reports, Wright endured repeated physical and sexual abuse as a child.

In the early 1960s, Wright was arrested for multiple burglaries and assaults and was sentenced to eight years in prison.

Wright was found guilty of the murders of Rosenberry and Snelling and was sentenced to 35 years in prison.

[5] In October 1991, Wright advertised work to homeless men in Portland, offering them ten dollars an hour to clear brush at a youth camp.

On October 20, two homeless men, 26-year-old Randy Scott Henry and 31-year-old Anthony Shawn "Tony" Nelson, accepted Wright's offer for work.

[8] Wright drove them out of Portland to a remote area on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation and bought them food.

As the men drank the alcohol, Wright fatally shot Nelson in the head with a pistol.

All three victims were homeless men whom Wright had lured to a remote area of Wasco County on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation with a false promise of work.

Because Nelson was a Makah Indian, Wright was never officially charged with his murder, as he would have to be tried in a federal court based on the law.

[5][9] Shortly before his execution Wright sent a letter to The Oregonian in which he confessed to the abduction, molestation, and murder of Luke Tredway back in 1984, which was still unsolved by 1996.

I'm leaving a very violent past and I'm a very evil person; I've done nothing but bad all my life, and I wanted to do one good thing before I left.