Meth-Induced Madness Leads to Insanity Plea in Lane County Murder Case

On Wednesday, Travis William Crum, 57, charged with the Lane County murder of 73-year-old Stephen Perry Bream in 2021, was found guilty and sentenced to life in the care of the Psychiatric Security Review Board.

The Lane County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that deputies responded to a reported burglary on Hall Road on March 23, 2021, and encountered the body of Bream, who died as a result of homicidal violence.

Investigators identified Crum as the suspected killer and arrested him later that night after residents reported him throwing sticks at passing vehicles on Highway 36…

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