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Portland man pleads not guilty after DNA evidence leads to 2 murder charges
Updated Mar 11, 2021;
Posted Mar 11, 2021
Christopher Lovrien, 53, was arraigned in Multnomah County Circuit Court on Thurs., March 11, 2021. Lovrien faces two counts of second-degree murder, one count of abuse of a corpse, and six counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm.The Oregonian
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A Portland man accused of killing two strangers about 20 years apart pleaded not guilty to murder charges Thursday as investigators detailed their suspicions that the man may have additional victims.
Police arrested Christopher Lovrien in May after identifying him as a suspect in the killing of Mark Dribin, who was last seen in 1999 and whose remains have not been found. Lovrien is also accused of killing Kenneth Griffin, whose dismembered remains were found in Lovrien’s shed after his 2020 arrest.
Six months into job, Multnomah County DA Mike Schmidt pledges to fulfill criminal justice reform promise
Schmidt took over the district attorney position at the height of Portland racial justice protests. He defended how he s handled arrests from the demonstrations. Author: Laural Porter Updated: 8:34 PM PST February 26, 2021
PORTLAND, Ore. After a rough start, Multnomah County s new district attorney Mike Schmidt has set his sights on fulfilling his campaign promise of criminal justice reform. In this week s episode of Straight Talk, Schmidt reflected on his first six months in office, outlined some of his plans to change how his office works and defended how he s handled arrests during Portland s protests.