International- Police found an attempted murder suspect in Oregon after a two-week manhunt.
- Authorities have said the 36-year-old suspect was using dating apps to target potential victims.
A two-week manhunt for an attempted murder suspect who police said used dating apps to target potential victims came to an end when Oregon authorities found the man and took him into custody after an hours-long standoff.
The 36-year-old suspect, Benjamin Obadiah Foster, died by suicide, a spokesperson for the Grants Pass Police Department told KTVL News10.
The Grants Pass Police Department could not immediately confirm the report to Insider on Wednesday.
The department announced late Tuesday that Foster was in custody after a several-hour-long police standoff, but did not provide additional information.
According to KTVL News10, authorities discovered Foster hiding under a home in Grants Pass, Oregon, and worked to get him to surrender.
Foster, who was described by authorities as "extremely dangerous," had been wanted by police on charges of kidnapping, attempted murder, and assault in connection to the brutal beating of a woman in Grants Pass.
Authorities started searching for Foster after they found the woman "bound and severely beaten into unconsciousness" at a home in the area on January 17, police said. The woman was hospitalized in critical condition.
The Grants Pass Police Department had warned the public that Foster was using dating apps to find additional potential victims or people "who may be lured into assisting with the suspect's escape."
Major dating sites said this week that they haven't found anyone matching the suspect's name and were monitoring their platforms for him, but a victim's rights lawyer told Insider that the companies "should be held liable" now that they were put "on notice of this violent user."
"The onus should be on the online companies — and not on the public — to keep their apps safe," Carrie Goldberg, a New York-based attorney specializing in sex crimes, told Insider.