June I, 2011
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Cold Case Murder Arrest
Victim killed 17
years ago
A M ultnom ah County Grand
Jury has indicted Terry La veil
Haynes, 40, on m urder and m an­
slaughter charges in the death o f
a northeast Portland resident 17
years ago.
Portland Cold Case detectives
arrested Haynes on May 17 for
th e d e a th o f R a y m o n d L ee
Johnson, 62, whose body was
found on M ay 8 ,1994 in his home Terry Lavell H aynes
on Northeast Skidm ore Street.
Authorities said the arrest was
the result o f an ongoing partner­
ship with the Portland Police
Bureau's Cold Case Homicide Unit,
the Oregon State Police Crime
L a b o ra to ry , th e M u ltn o m a h
County D istrict A ttorney's O f­
fice and the Police Bureau's Fo­
rensic Evidence Division.
Cold Case detectives thanked
everyone who helped in this in­
vestigation. The victim ’s family
expressed relief and thanks for
bringing them closure in the case.
Meth-Related Deaths Rise
Other drug related fatalities drop
New drug-related death statis
tics in Oregon reflect a 6 percent
drop from last year and the low­
est num ber since 2005. But the
State M edical Exam iner's report
finds that m etham phetam ine-re­
lated deaths increased by 22 per­
cent.
"Any encouragem ent seen with
the drop in drug-related death
statistics was definitely brought
back to reality with the 22 percent
ju m p in m e th a m p h e ta m in e
deaths,” said Oregon State M edi­
cal Exam iner Dr. Karen Gunson.
The statistics for 2010 shows
200 people died in Oregon from
the use o f Heroin, Cocaine, M eth­
amphetam ine, or a combination
use o f those drugs.
* There were 106 M etham ­
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deaths were also at their lowest
level after dropping 48 percent
phetam ine-related deaths, m atch­ from the previous year's number.
ing 2008 for the highest number Eighteen deaths were recorded in
o f deaths in this category and this category in 2010.
more than doubled the 50 deaths
in 2001.
* Heroin use was the second
leading cause with 90 deaths; the
third lowest num ber in this cat­
egory since the year 2000. This
was a 29 percent drop from 2009
when there were 127 deaths re­
corded.
* C o c a in e - r e la te d d e a th s
dropped to their lowest level, more
than 3 tim es lower than in the year
2000 when there w ere 69 re­
corded deaths. In 2010 there were
20 recorded deaths in this cat­
Dr. Billy R. Flowers (above center) and his skilled s ta ff are ready to help those in need
egory, a 38 percent drop from
last year.
* C om bination o f drug use
THE
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SPINACOLUMN
Assault Leads to
Bias Crime Charge
Bias crim es detectives and of­
ficers from N orth Precinct ar­
rested a 28-year-old man Thurs­
day accused in a bias crime as­
sault on two other men at a dow n­
town nightclub last December.
R ick ey L ee W atso n Jr. is
charged with two counts o f as­
sault and tw o counts o f intim ida­
tion.
Police said the victims, M ufeed
Yacoub, 21, and Sherif Youssef,
23, were socializing in a bar area
o f the nightclub when W atson
physically confronted them.
The confrontation escalated
when W atson followed the two
men into a bathroom , m ade racial
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An ongoing series of questions and answers about Americas natural healing profession.
Part 20. It’s Just Your Nerves:
Chiropractic’s answer to an age old answer
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fibers. Muscles can relax. The body
headaches. The most recent one tion), tension in muscles will result. will no longer send a message of
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ropractic help?
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