       "It's enormously tragic in a case like this," Marquis The
Associated Press.   If the county had been able to hold Beebout,
"there's a good chance that one or two of these young women
would be alive," he said.  In many cases, the jails make
releases based on data that go into a model called a "matrix"
that tries to gauge how dangerous a suspect is and how likely
the suspect is to appear in court.  Marquis said the factors
typically are the nature of the offense and the prisoner's
history of showing up for court dates.  Beebout had been in the
Clatsop County jail earlier in 2012, when he was arrested and
served 30 days for failing to register as a sex offender, the
Daily Astorian (http://bit.ly/13cySC9) reported.  Marquis said
the registration requirement was a result of Beebout's
conviction in California for sexually abusing a person younger
than 16. Beebout served nearly four years in California. He had
also served time in Illinois for theft.   Information from: The
Daily Astorian, http://www.dailyasto