Vancouver teen arrested in connection to Oregon I-5 rest stop death KATU Staff UP NEXT
A 16-year-old Vancouver boy has been arrested, accused of murder after another Washington teen was found dead in his car at an Interstate-5 rest stop earlier this week, Oregon State Police said Sunday.
State authorities started investigating after a 16-year-old boy was found dead in a parked car in Clackamas County on Tuesday at the time, OSP described his death as suspicious. The victim s identity has not been released, though authorities did confirm he was a teen from Washington state.
In a Sunday update from authorities, the Oregon State Medical Examiner s Office determined the Washington teen died from a gunshot wound.
A district attorney in Oregon has charged a 64-year-old man with murder, accusing him of driving his car into several people, including a grandmother who died in the vehicular attack.
Press release from the Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office:
On January 18th, shortly before 9:00 a.m., a Yamhill County citizen located a suspicious object near the entrance to Stuart Grenfell Park, which is located at the intersection of Highway 18 and Harmony Road in rural Sheridan. The property owner promptly called law enforcement.
Yamhill County Deputies arrived on scene and began an investigation, eventually requesting response from the Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Unit (SIU). SIU members identified the contents as human remains. The remains were removed from the scene and transported to the Oregon State Medical Examiner’s Office.