Sword-wielding killer stabs Portland area man while hallucinating ‘kidnapping plot’

Methamphetamine use and a homemade sword combined with ruinous consequences for William Huffman, who killed a man who had welcomed him into his RV in Gresham last year.

Tommy Ferrer and his fiancée had invited Huffman to stay with them in the RV parked off Northeast Glisan Street in the Rockwood neighborhood near the Gresham-Fairview Trail when the attack happened on March 27, 2025.

A little over a year later, Huffman pleaded guilty Thursday to first-degree manslaughter and attempted assault and was sentenced to 21 years in state prison as part of a deal with prosecutors…

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