Karen Campbell Timeline
Car accident
March 28, 2003

Tom dies at the scene. Other female victim dies at the scene. Karen is life-flighted to Trauma Unit at Oregon…
Read moreDistrict Attorney is pressing maximum charges
May 1, 2003

Daughters Nikki and Haley begin visiting Karen. Karen has friend or family member at the home at all times. Nikki…
Read moreWrong Karen Baker Introduced into Legal Proceedings
June 1, 2003
District Attorney, Victims and Karen’s defense attorneys can not agree on out of court settlement. Karen must submit to psychological…
Read moreMediation ordered for settlement
August 4, 2004
District Attorney changes direction three times. Mediation ordered for settlement. Wrong Karen Baker is still in file at mediation. Karen…
Read moreManslaughter II 75 months
January 3, 2005

Sentencing: DA overturns mediated agreement. Pressing fro two counts of Manslaughter I, Consecutive, 20 years. Victims family choses sentence. Manslaughter…
Read moreKaren spends time in solitary confinement
January 7, 2005

Karen spends time in solitary confinement due to wrist in splint. Due to dire conditions of solitary confinement, Karen choses…
Read moreTransfer to Coffee Creek Correctional facility
January 17, 2005

Karen and the trio of teachers are transferred to Coffee Creek Correctional facility. Karen is house on the Intake unit…
Read moreG Unit the bottom of the pecking order
February 1, 2005

Karen is transferred to G Unit, the bottom of the pecking order. It is the discipline unit, the wild wild…
Read more2006-2008 Classes, ceremonies, publishing Medium/Max security
December 1, 2006
Grief Recovery Workshop MHCC independent writing course PTA course PT for Canines (later in 2009 Spanish for PT’s) 4 way…
Read morePreparing for release
January 1, 2011

Jan-March 31, 2011: Karen prepares and works on task list for release. Family has sent in an outfit to wear…
Read moreRelease from Prison
April 1, 2011

April Fools Day, 2011 Up at dawn, dressed in Prison Blues for the last time. Escorted to processing area, issued…
Read moreKaren attends Haley’s Graduation from USC
June 1, 2011

Karen attends Haley’s Graduation from USC, American Studies. Meet all the friends she has made in the last six years,…
Read moreRe entry into Workforce and Life
June 1, 2011

Late June-August 2011: Karen moves into apartment in Portland. Seeks employment as PTA. Is rehired by former company, begins orientation…
Read moreKaren tells no one new about her past and begins years of self isolating behavior
October 1, 2011

Fall-Winter 2011: Everyday Karen rides the bus over the Burnside bridge, Portland’s greatest concentration of homelessness and sees women on…
Read moreKaren and Sam take the trip, bucket list number one
May 1, 2012

Spring/Summer/Fall 2012: Karen and Sam take the trip, bucket list number one. Sam and Karen go from Charleston SC to…
Read moreIt has to be a memoir. Who are these women and what happened to your kids after you went in?
May 1, 2013

Spring 2013: Sam’s cognitive decline progresses slowly but steadily. Karen is not digging into friendships or dating, Nikki and Karen…
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