Portland, OR – Kevin Purfield, 58, faces multiple charges for allegedly stalking and harassing a father of a Sandy Hook victim. Prosecutors claim he contacted the father’s colleagues to assert that the victim “was never killed.”
Purfield was arraigned last week on ten counts of telephonic harassment and felony stalking. A probable cause affidavit from the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office details Purfield’s history of stalking mass shooting victims.
The affidavit describes him as a conspiracy theorist targeting families who have lost children. He reportedly showed up at the home of a city official’s employee in September.
In October, Purfield’s conduct intensified at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), where the Sandy Hook victim’s father works. Allegations indicate he began stalking the father in 2013 and has made contact intermittently since then.
On October 24, he allegedly contacted an OHSU employee, inquiring whether the father was employed there while making threats that the father would “get what was coming to him.”
On November 10, OHSU issued a permanent exclusion and no-contact order prohibiting him from any communication, warning that further contact could lead to arrest.
Despite the orders, Purfield continued to reach out to OHSU employees, calling at least ten times while leaving voicemails.
After being served a temporary restraining order on November 25, he is accused of calling OHSU and acknowledging that he had received the order while making derogatory remarks.
Purfield reportedly called OHSU multiple times the same day, making threats against the father and referencing his knowledge of the father’s residential address.
He was arrested later that evening and charged with stalking and telephonic harassment. Purfield remains in custody without bail and has a court date scheduled for December 5.