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lune 21, 2006
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Girlfriend Becomes Victim in Triple Murder
Sen. Carter’s adopted
granddaughter killed
P o r tla n d
te e n
M a r is s a
M anw arren, the adopted g ra n d
d a u g h te r o f S e n . M a rg a re t
C arter, a longtim e local A frican
A m erican lead er, w as found
dead o f a gunshot w ound, her
body left n ear Beverly Beach
S tate Park in N ew port.
I, ap p ears that M anw arren,
17, knew Shaw n Ryan W om ack,
21 and w as the boyfriend o f
C ev elin o C ap u ia, 19, tw o men
arrested last w eek and charg ed
w ith ag g rav ated m urder for tw o
robberies and tw o deaths in outer
n ortheast P ortland last m onth
Cevelino Capuia
cialized frequently on M ySpace,
a public profile m essage board.
T he night before C ap u ia w as
arrested, M anw arren posted a
m essage on C a p u ia 's w ebsite.
T h e O reg o nian new spaper re
ported.
“ I’m lucky to have a person
like you in my life, but you ju st
need to think about yo u r a c
tio n s ,” she w ro te. “ B ecause
so m e tim e s y o u r a c tio n s can
c a u se y o u to get in bigggg
trou b le, if you know w hat I
m e a n .”
C ap u ia and W om ack were
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Freeh Foe 1er F im a
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l« a N grown.
Bwtms Mrirute and grill
arrested about tw o w eeks after
police launched a statew ide hunt
for the vehicles o f the slain vic
tim s. Both w ere killed in or
around an adult business and
their cars, late m odel H ondas,
w ere taken, police said.
C hai T aphom w as found shot
m ultiple tim es M ay 13, police
sa id . O n M ay 28, M ic h a e l
B urchett w as gunned dow n.
A ctin g p olice C h ie f R osie
S iz e r said the suspects w ere
linked to both killings by ballistic
ev id en ce.
(C o rv allis) G azette-T im es that
b o th w e re in v o lv e d in th e
c o l l e g e 's S tu d e n t L ife a n d
L eadership office.
“Jasm in w as on the program
m ing b o ard ,” she said. "S haw n
w as a student am bassador. He
helped plan activities and give
tours on cam p u s.”
SAFEWAY O.
Ingredients for life.
Shaw n W om ak
Lt. Ed B rum field o f the P o rt
land hom icid e unit w ould not
say if in v e s tig a to rs su sp e c t
W om ack killed M an w arren in a
third m urder, only that C apuia
likely w as in custody at the tim e
o f h er death.
M anw arren had lived in fo s
ter hom es for years before b e
com ing a surrogate g randdaugh
ter to C a rte r w ho said she had
not seen the teen ag er for three
w eeks p rio r to h er m urder and
that no m issing person report
w as m ade.
“ I’m very saddened by this
w hole situ atio n ," C arter said.
“T hey (M anw arren and C apuia)
w ere d oing pretty g o o d .”
A n Internet w ebsite show s
that C ap u ia and M anw arren so-
C a p u ia p o rtray ed h im se lf as w as a “y o ung w om an w ho was
som eone searching for “G o d having a hard tim e, but she w as
seeking p eople." He quotes re trying to get it to g eth er.”
peatedly from the N ew T esta
S h e s a id th e a lle g a tio n s
m ent, saying, “T o G od be the against C a p u ia com e as "sh o c k
g lory." He w rote that teaching ing new s to us."
the B ible "B efore you leave
W om ack and L esniak w ere
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C arter, in an interview w ith
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C o o k e L esniak, 22, w as also
charged w ith hindering prosecu
tion and unlaw ful use o f a m otor
vehicle.
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