Calhoun pleaded not guilty to manslaughter in a sixth death. That count is not a sixth murder charge.

A sixth caption is still an accusation, and a not-guilty plea does not try it. On Monday, Sept. 21, 2026, Jesse Calhoun, 41, appeared in Multnomah County Circuit Court, and his lawyer entered a not-guilty plea to first-degree manslaughter in the death of Elizabeth “Libby” Gibson, 32. Manslaughter is a different mental-state theory than the five pending second-degree murder counts, on which he has already pleaded not guilty.

The Multnomah County District Attorney's Office announced that a grand jury indicted Calhoun for first-degree manslaughter for unlawfully and recklessly, under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life, causing Gibson's death on or about Nov. 18, 2022. She disappeared in late November 2022. District Attorney Nathan Vasquez said her body has not been found, and he set arraignment for Monday. The Oregonian reported that the indictment was filed in connection with Monday's hearing and that lawyer Cameron Taylor entered the not-guilty plea on Calhoun's behalf. A plea entered by counsel is process. It is not a finding, and a missing body is not a reason to write a manner of death the State has not proved.

The murder counts already name Ashley Real, 22; Kristin Smith, 22; Charity Perry, 24; Bridget Webster, 31; and Joanna Speaks, 32. Those cases, as already reported, also include abuse-of-corpse counts. They still have to be proved, count by count. Adding Gibson, or pleading not guilty to her count, does not convert the other five into convictions and does not upgrade this caption from manslaughter to murder. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.