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April 02. 2003
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Ex-Cons
Arrested
Longo Testifies about K illing W ife, D aughter
Deffense team
argues wife killed
the two oldest
Longo children
* Part o f it was shock over what
had taken place. I wasn’t bawling or
ranting or screaming at that point.
(AP) — Christian Longo testi­
fied Monday that he drove along
the Oregon coast after killing his
wife and 2-year-old daughter and
was bothered by the sight of the
g irl's car seat in his minivan.
“I could look in the rearview mir­
ror in the back and see M adison’s
seat. I could see the tip of it, but
normally I could see the tip o f her
hair, too. It was dri ving me nuts,” he
testified at his aggravated murder
trial.
Longo, 29, has confessed to kill­
ing his wife, MaryJane, and daugh­
ter Madison. He has pleaded inno­
cent in the deaths of his two older
children— 4-year-old Zachery and
- Christian Longo, when asked how he could attend a pizza party and
socialize with co-workers after the killings
Christian Longo pled guilty to killing his wife, MaryJane, and
daughter Madison. He has pleaded innocent in the deaths of his
two older children, Zachery, 4, and Sadie, 3. All four bodies were
found in coastal inlets around Christmas o f2001. (AP Photo)
3-year-old Sadie.
. All four bodies were found in
coastal inlets around C hristm as
of 2001.
L o n g o ’s d efense team said
MaryJane first killed the tw oolder
children and Longo becam e e n ­
raged and killed her. W hen he
realized M adison was still alive,
he also took her life.
D uring his testim ony, Longo
explained his em otions and ac­
tions in the hours leading up to
M aryJane and M ad iso n 'sd eath s.
He told jurors that he killed the
two in the early m orning hours of
Dec. 18, 2001 — not Dec. 16 as
prosecutors have earlier said.
L o n g o ’s d e fe n se a tto rn e y ,
Steve Krasik, asked how Longo
could attend a pizza party, social­
ize with co-w orkers and return
Sten: Let the Flags Fly Again
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to
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A search warrant executed last
month at the Polo Club Apart­
ments in Vancouverresulted in the
arrest of three convicted felons.
The Vancou ver Police Depart­
ment Violent Crime Unit and a
Department of Corrections Unit
got to4820N .E. Hazel Dell Ave.,
officers found one assault rifle
and one pistol in apartment No
E425. Both guns are believed to
be stolen. Police also found three
ounces of marijuana, scales and
packaging materials in one of the
bedrooms.
N icholas A. G aggero, 22,
Zebediah Kott-Hickman, 23, and
Chance C. Pacora, 20, were
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"Part o f it was shock over what
had taken place. I w asn’t bawling
or ranting or scream ing at that
point,” Longo said. “At some
tim es, I w anted to be around
people, at others I felt like I wanted
to be by m yself.”
Prosecutors have said Longo
strangled M aryJane and M adi­
son, and either strangled, sm oth­
ered or drow ned Z achery and
Sadie.
The trial is currently in its
fourth week.
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Suspect Sought in Attempted Rape Case
Attack stopped
by another
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Portland Police, in cooperation
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suspect in an attempt rape.
On Sunday, February 2 at
about 2:45 a.m. a female m otor­
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to the rear of (he vehicle to get
som ething from inside.
As the woman opened the
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Before the w oman could turn
around to see w ho was there,
the suspect put an arm around
her neck and placed a sharp
object to her throat.
The suspect told the victim
he was going to rape her and
attem pted to force her into her
A police artist made
this composite sketch
to represent a man
wanted for attempted
rape. The suspect is
described as a white
male in his late 20s to
early 30s. The suspect
is 5 ’8 " to 5 9 " tall and
weighs approximately
230 pounds, with a
stocky build, dark
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com plexion, straight dark brown
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The suspect had a raised red
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a quarter that looked like a burn,
cyst or tumor, on the back o f his
left hand. The su sp ect’s vehicle
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7 0 ’s Ford LTD, 2-door. The ve­
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