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Take Case of
Asia Bell
Perlia Bell (from left),
Tyrone James, Deronia
James and Hollis
Strickland are the
mother, husband, aunt
and brother o f murder
victim Asia Bell-James.
With most crimes, the
community can solve it. We need
to stop being fearful o f each other.
We need to start coming together.
photo by M ark W ashington /
T he P ortland O bserver
- Perlia Bell, mother of murdervictim Asia Bell-Jame.
lice Department website, there are
more than 280 unsolved homicide
Naturally, the issue o f Tryone re­ cases in the city since the 1970s.
gaining his sight and the family
“T hey’re shutting their blinds
finding justice for Asia stuck to­ andclosing their doors to life,” Bell
gether.
said. “That’s why we have so many
‘T m glad it’s picking up because cases unsolved. With most crimes,
it's been a long time,” Deronia said. the community can solve it. We
“I became close to Asia before this need to stop being fearful of each
happened. We lost somebody that other. We need to start coming
was simply an all around good per­ together.”
son. It makes me feel
Bell has led a
sad and sometimes,
number of gather­
I get angry-but I’m
ings and marches in
riot try in g to be
remembrance of her
negative about it.”
daughter and oth­
1 For Perlia, deal-
ers affected by vio­
( ing with issues of
lence.
violence is all too
“ W e need to
familiar. Her bro­
work together. It
ther, Kern McClure,
takes numbers for
was beaten to death
change,” Bell said.
in 1996. The case is
“Portland is griev­
also still unsolved.
ing and we don’t
And just a week
h e a l. E v e ry d a y
before a “Stop the
there’s a shooting
Violence” rally last
or stabbing and we
^February, her 20- Asia Bell-James
just sit in front of
.'year-old nephew
our televisions and
Wilando Bell was shot to death watch the news, but that’s as far as
after confronting a gunman w ho’d we go. If there’s car show or a
robbed a liquor store. Her other basketball tournament or a wet t-
nephew, Willie Bell, was shot in the shirt contest, the streets are full of
arm during the same incident. people - but when you have a
Dominicke Sanders, 25, was even­ march against violence, there’s
tually charged in the killing.
only a handful o f people there.”
“Maybe we can get somewhere
Asia Bell’s story can be found
and get some stuff resolved,” Bell on the A m erica’s Most Wanted
said. “I hope it weighs on their w e b site
at w w w .a m e ric a s
hearts and they’ll want to d o some­ m ostw anted.com .
thing about it.”
The family was filmed for a
She sees that there are two kinds “Families in Crisis” segment for
of people - those who are witnesses, the Maury Povich show on Tues­
and those who claim they “didn’t day, and the episode is expected to
K see nothing” out of fear for their air on Tuesday, Oct. 25, although
1 own personal safety and the possi- the date and time is subject to
V'bility of being thought o f as a change. The Maury Povich Show
b “snitch.” A lot of people, she said, airs weekdays at 9 and 11 a.m. on
simply don’t want to get involved. Portland’s KWBP channel 32 or
" According to the Portland Po- cable channel 3.
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