The location where Brooke Wilberger was murdered

This is the location where Brooke Wilberger was murdered.

On September 22nd, 2009, the authorities discovered Wilberger's body on this abandoned logging road between the towns of Blodgett and Wren in Oregon.

By that point, the 19-year-old had been missing for more than five years.

On May 25th, 2004, a man named Joel Patrick Courtney approached Wilberger while she was cleaning lights at the Oak Park Apartments in Corvallis.

Courtney walked over to the young student with a FedEx envelope and pretended to be a delivery driver who needed directions. When he got close enough, he produced a knife and started dragging her back to his van.

Although two tenants in the complex heard a woman screaming, nobody went outside to investigate.

Once Wilberger was in the van, Courtney restrained her using duct tape. He then drove for 12 miles before pulling onto this disused logging road outside of Wren.

After raping the victim, he reportedly kept her alive at this location for 24 hours before eventually bludgeoning her to death.

The teenager's disappearance remained a mystery until 2007, when Courtney was convicted of raping another woman.

After honing in on him as a possible suspect, investigators learned that he had been in Corvallis on the day that Wilberger disappeared. Furthermore, several witnesses remembered seeing his green van on the day in question.

A subsequent forensic examination of the van uncovered Wilberger's DNA and hair.

Courtney eventually confessed to the crime after the authorities charged him with murder and announced that they would seek the death penalty.

During his confession, he revealed details about the crime and pinpointed the exact location of her body.

A search of the area led to the discovery of Wilberger's skeletal remains.

According to District Attorney John Haroldson, they were "well hidden" in a spot that was roughly 500 yards up the road.