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Serial Killer Suspect Caught in River Chase
(A P ) - “C ow boy M ike,” a
su sp ect in the d isap p earan ce
o f four w om en and the sh o o t­
ing o f an o th er, w as captured
F r id a y a f t e r a c h a s e th a t
en d ed w ith an attem pted swim
to freedom in the Snake River,
alo n g the O regon-Idaho b o r­
der, p o lic e said.
M ichael John B raae, 41, a
tra n sie n t w ho favors cow boy
hats and b oots, was arrested
by P ay ette C ounty s h e riff’s
d ep u ties.
B raae w as spotted ea rlie r
F riday by au th o rities at the
B lack C anyon T ruck Stop on
In te rsta te 84 about 13 m iles
east o f th e O regon line, a po-
MichealJohn Braae
lice d isp a tc h er said.
Idaho State Police troopers
gave chase and pursued Braae
at high sp eed s on the in te r­
state, onto som e side roads in
the Em m ett area and back onto
the freew ay. T he d isp atch er
said spike strip s w ere placed
on the w estb o u n d lanes and
they succeeded in blow ing out
at least one o f B ra a e ’s front
tire s.
The su sp ect stopped his v e­
hicle on the bridge o v er the
Snake R iver, w hich is on the
Idaho-O regon line, andjum ped
o ff the north side o f the bridge
into the riv er. B raae eluded
o ffic ers for alm ost an hour, at
least once g o in g to shore and
try in g to hide in som e bushes
b efo re g e ttin g back into the
w ater.
O ffic e rs from th e Id ah o
State Police and O regon State
P olice a s sis te d th e P ay ette
C ounty deputies at the scene.
In W a s h in g to n , Y a k im a
C o u n ty S h e r i f f ’s L t. D an
G arcia said s h e riff’s d e te c ­
tives did the p aperw ork on
Thursday for an arrest w ar­
rant for B raae, “ probably for
attempted m urder,” in the shoot­
ing o f M archelle M organ, 50, o f
Yelm, near Olym pia.
M organ was found shot in
the head in the bushes by the
side o f a rural road on S un­
day.
In the southern Puget Sound
city o f Lacey, also near O lym ­
pia, Braae is a “person o f inter­
est” in the m urder o f Lori Jones,
44, who was killed July 7 and
found dead under her bed at her
apartm ent, said Lt. Tom Nelson.
Braae has not been charged
with a crim e in the Jones case
or in three others w here police
say he was the last person seen
talking to women who have ei­
ther gone m issing or been found
dead.
Susan Ault, 39, a waitress
from Cathlam et, vanished last
month from W ahkiakum County
in southw estern W ashington.
She was last seen arguing with
Braae on June 24, Nelson said.
V e lin a L a rso n , 37, o f
G ladstone, a Portland suburb,
was reported missing in Sep­
tem ber 1997. Her rem ains were
found in a nearby vacant lot in
Ja n u a ry 1998, said A ngela
B la n c h a rd , a C la c k a m a s
County, O re., s h e riffs deputy.
A lso m is s in g is D eb
VanLuven, 45, o f the Lacey
area, who disappeared in north-
central W ashington’s Douglas
C ounty in 1997.
Prostitute Enters Plea in Murder Case
(AP) - A prostitute involved in
the murder o f Portland banker
W ayne E. Olson has been sen­
tenced to 17 years in prison.
Jessica C. Rydman, 32, pleaded
guilty to robbery with a firearm,
burglary with a firearm and kid­
napping with a firearm.
Rydman had faced aggravated
murder charges, but a plea agree­
ment spared her a possible death
sentence.
Rydman said Olson was a cus­
tomer o f her private escort ser­
vice. Police believe she was cal led
to O lson’s home Aug. 20, the day
after his wife left for a business
trip.
Police suspect Rydman was
later joined by her one-time boy­
friend, Calvin S. Davis, 23, and
friend, 18-year-old Medero Prince
Moon,
Davis and Moon have been
charged with aggravated murder
in O lson’s execution-style slay­
ing. They and Rydman are ac­
cused o f ransacking the house
and stealing everything from
O lson’s wedding band to snake-
skin cowboy boots and cigars.
Olson, a 53-year-old Bank of
A m erica vice president, was
found by his wife Aug. 23. He
was bound and gagged and shot in
the head.
O lson’s 1998 Jeep Cherokee
and 1998 BMW were stolen but
recovered the day after his body
was found.
In the trunk o f the BMW, po­
lice found numerous items stolen
from O lson’s home. They also
found an issue o f Exotic, an area
magazine that advertises nude
dancing establishments and pri­
vate escort services, including
Rydman’s with her phone num­
ber.
A grand jury indicted Rydman
on Aug. 28. Rydman went to
California but returned to Port­
land and turned herself in Sept. 2.
Two days later, police arrested
Davis at an apartment in North
Portland. Moon turned himself in
Sept. 25.
After negotiations between her
a tto rn e y s and p ro se c u to rs,
Rydman divulged details about
the killing for the first time last
week. Multnomah County Chief
Deputy District Attorney Norm
Frink would not discuss what
Rydman told prosecutors about
the night o f the killing.
P ro se c u to rs d o n ’t th in k
Rydman pulled the trigger, he said.
Rydman declined to speak before
she was sentenced. Davis and
Moon are scheduled to go to trial
October 1.
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O u r id e a o f a b e a u t if u l
DAY AT TH E BEAC H .
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On October 6, hundreds
of PGE employees and
their families will once
again volunteer to pick up
w as standing w ith the gun in
tons of trash during the
his hand. D u ilio shot B row ne
SOLV
Fall Beach Cleanup.
in the arm and leg a fter o rd e r­
We also signed on to
ing him to drop the gun.
sponsor
two days of SOLV's
row ne has said he
inaugural Oregon Legacy
did not hear the com
Walk,
which will raise
m an d to d ro p the
gun, alth o u g h th e o f fic e r funds
’s
to support volunteer
ord er was pick ed up and re ­
efforts. And there will be at
corded on a p o lice radio.
least one PGE employee
The ju ry did indict the man
w ho allegedly first attacked
B row n, L eM arr J. H arris. He
is accused o f attem pted m u r­
der and assault.
walking every mile.
Dumpsite cleanups,
graffiti removal, planting
projects—PGE employees
are there.
PGE is proud to support
SOLV because we share
their goal: to leave a
clean, beautiful legacy for
our children.
For information about
SOLV, or to volunteer, log
on to solv
Grand Jury Clears Police in Store Shooting
M ultnom ah C ounty
g ran d ju ry
has
cleared a P ortland
p o lice o ffic er w ho shot the
w rong m an during an assau lt
at a c o n v e n ie n c e s to re on
M artin L uther K ing Jr. Blvd.
F o r ty - y e a r - o ld
B ru c e
B ro w n e o f V a n c o u v e r w as
shot by police m om ents a fte r
he successfully defended him ­
s e lf from an a tta c k e r at the
Fast T rip gas station.
P hoto by M ark W ashington /T he P ortiand O bserver
O ffic e r K enneth D uilio a r­
A man was mistakenly shot by police during a disturbance at the Fast
rived at th e scene as B row ne
Trip gas station on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
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Portland General Electric
Police Arrest Washington Park Rapist
Portland police say they have
made an arrest in a rape case
that has gone unsolved since
January.
Police arrested 44-year-old
David George Alden last week
for allegedly raping a woman
who was w alking in W ashing­
ton Park on January 15th.
The wom an, who is in her
thirties, was walking home from
work around 10 p.m. when she
was attacked.
A ld e n w a s a rr a ig n e d on
charges o f rape, kidnapping,
menacing, criminal m ischief and
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Dianne Reeves
Joshua Redman
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possession o f child explicit
m aterial. He is being held
in the M ultnom ah County
D e te n tio n C e n te r on
$510,000 bail.
Suspect Arrested
on Murder Charge
O ffic e rs w ith the V ancouver G ang T ask Force rec o g ­
nized a su sp ec t w anted for hom icide that took p lace in
the C ity o f Y akim a. W hile on p atrol Ju ly 13, an o fficer
saw the su sp ec t, A m u lfo C. A rias, 21, in the apartm ent
co m p lex at 1806 E. F ourth Plain B lvd.
A s a d d itio n a l o ffic e rs resp o n d ed to th e area, A rias ran
into the co m p lex and d isap p eared from sight. W hen a
p o lic e c a n in e unit w as sum m oned, he w as located hiding
in an ap a rtm e n t.
P o lic e said A rias cam e out the apartm ent and su rren ­
d ered to o ffic e rs w aitin g o u tsid e. He w as later booked
into th e C la rk C ounty Jail on a no bail w arrant.
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