January 29, 2020
The
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INSIDE L O C A L N E W S
Week in Review
M ETRO
Arts &
ENTERTAINMENT
O PINION
C LASSIFIED /B IDS
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Max Murders Trial Begins
The trial of Jeremy Chris-
tian, the Portland man accused
of stabbing two men to death
after they came to the defense
of two girls on a Tri-Met Max
train in 2017, started Tuesday
following jury selection and is
expected to take a month, offi-
cials said.
Christian faces two counts
of first-degree murder, one
count of attempted first-degree
murder, two counts of assault,
three counts of menacing and
three counts of second-degree
intimidation.
The whole city was shocked
to learn about the violent deaths Jeremy Christian
of Taliesin Mryddin Nam-
kai-Meche and Ricky Best, and
the life-threatening injury of
Micah Fletcher on the light-rail
train near the Hollywood sta-
tion in northeast Portland.
According to court doc-
uments, the three men were
passengers on the train when
Christian began yelling an-
ti-Muslim rants at two high
school students, one wearing
a hijab and the other an Afri-
can-American.
Portland police have called
the case the biggest in the last
decade. Christian is claiming
self-defense.
Eugene Gora, 85, a metal fabricator and neighbor who resided at his shop on Northeast
Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard was murdered in 2018.
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Accomplice Charged in Fabricator’s Death
Woman arrested; other
suspect at large
An arrest has been made in the 2018 murder
of metal fabricator Eugene Gora, 85, but an ac-
complice is still at large.
Multnomah County District Attorney Rod
Underhill announced last week that Amanda
Marin, 38, was arrested in Oregon City and fac-
es charges of second degree murder, burglary
and robbery.
Underhill reported that another person, who
has not been identified or arrested, “unlawfully
caused the death of Mr. Gora.”
For many years, Gora ran Gora’s Welding
and Fabrication at the corner of Skidmore and
Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, where his
work ranged from barbecues to elaborate art-
work that added a unique flavor to surrounding
north and northeast neighborhoods and busi-
nesses.
In the months leading up to his death, Gora
was trying to sell his property and possessions,
family members said. He was a regular at the
Miracles Club and A Heavenly Taste Café next
door, where his friends and neighbors are re-
lieved that the case has at least been partially
solved.
Pastor Dwight Minnieweather told KPTV
that Gora was remembered for his kindness and
storytelling.
“He would tell us stories and say things that
we couldn’t even begin to remember because
he was way older than we were and he was just
a nice, sweet guy,” he said.
A friend found Gora’s body on May 10, 2018,
but no one has forgotten him, Minnieweather
said.
“For the detectives and all, thanks, thanks,”
he said. “’A lot of pain is still in our communi-
ty, ‘cause we didn’t know what happened.”