By Jessica De Nova/KTVL.comASHLAND, Ore.-As detectives worked on finding answers in the homicide investigation of Frank Damiano, his friend and neighbor, Jana Larson, searched through the past for clues to help them.Jackson County Sheriff's office said Damiano's body was found inside his Bear Creek Mobile Home Park residence Thursday afternoon.No human being is deserving of, you know, any crime like this, but you know when you see a community member like that being involved in theater and choir and community and lots of friends, you know, why did this have to happen, cried Larson.After investigators ruled the suspicious death a homicide Saturday, Larson said her mind filled with questions and possible answers to them. There's you know speculation going on and that, you know, just can drive a person crazy too, said Larson.Larson said there had been a lot of suspicious activity in her neighborhood since the spring starting with her home. Somebody came up on my porch, stood there, looked through my son's bedroom while my son and his girlfriend were sitting there and she looks out the window and sees a flash, said Larson.Damiano's friend said more reports of a hooded man looking through windows came up in the months that followed. She said bikes were stolen and cars broken into. Larson recalled the latest incident just weeks ago. A little girl over there woke up and saw a face staring in her bedroom, said Larson.The Bear Creek Mobile Home Park resident said when the problems were reported, law enforcement said not much could be done. He said well there's not much we can do unless you catch him red handed, said Larson.Also on the woman's mind, an issue the victim mentioned with a competing masseuse. She said it stemmed from Damiano making arrangements with his clients when they couldn't cover the cost. This other person, he didn't say who, became kinda angry about it and kinda threatened that well, he was gonna flag some account on, if it was Craigslist or another area that you go through, said Larson.With all these thoughts reeling through her head, Larson said she found some peace in what she heard from someone with law enforcement watching over the crime scene. He did tell me that they thought they had a lead, so that really gave me a lot of relief, said Larson. Meanwhile the Jackson County Sheriff's Office had not confirmed it had a lead in the investigation as of Sunday.

• published: 04 Nov 2013
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