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September 07, 2022
Woman Strangled to
Death Identified
Man released on bail
accused of killing 36
Year old Woman
Lewis and Clark Campus will block off sturctures in until issues can be addressed
Tragedy Strikes at Local College
Continued from Front
Lewis and Clark College released a state-
ment on their website the evening of the ac-
cident. "We are devastated to report that ear-
lier this evening, a tragic accident occurred
on the undergraduate campus in which one
of our students was killed and two others
were injured," the statement said.
According to Katu news Rendy Tesar
said he walks by the campus every day.
Tesar said on Monday the area was filled
with excitement, but a bit more subdued
on Tuesday.
"My thoughts are how awful it would be
for those parents, to tell the parents. I mean
the kid is obviously gone and so I don’t
know. It’s just shocking. This is a real quiet
area and the school is really quiet," he said.
Lois Davis, a spokesperson for Lewis &
Clark, said it's unclear when or if the col-
lege faculty and trustees will address struc-
tural safety issues on campus or plan what
to do about other unreinforced masonry
around the private college. By the end of
the week, several areas were marked off
with caution tape, including similar struc-
tures with columns, to prevent students
from accessing them.
The president of the college, Robin
Holmes-Sullivan, sent a letter to the cam-
pus community on the following Tuesday.
It stated grief counselors are working with
students, faculty and staff. The president
also said professors have been asked to "be
flexible" about missed classes following
the death.
Mohamed Adan, 33, is accused of
murdering 36-year-old Rachael Angel
Abraham, the mother of his children, af-
ter a group of activists from the Portland
Freedom fund bailed him out. Adan had
reportedly cut off his GPS monitor, en-
tered Abraham’s townhouse and violent-
ly murdered her. Officers were called to
a disturbance in the 3200 block of South-
east 92nd Avenue. When they arrived,
they found the body of 36-year-old Ra-
cheal Angel Abraham. The Oregon Med-
ical Examiner determined her cause of
death to be strangulation. Abraham had
previous protective orders against Adan.
The Multnomah County District At-
torney’s Office is asking the Portland
Freedom Fund, which bailed the sus-
pect out of jail twice, for the remain-
ing $18,000 in bail. According to news
outlets the Portland Freedom Fund said
“the court had deemed (Adan) eligible
for bail release and he was referred to as
a financial provider for two small chil-
dren with a letter of community support.
Along with support he was receiving
from the community, we were in contact
with Mr. Adan throughout the time be-
tween his release and re-arrest and did
not receive any indications for concern.”
Racheal Angel
Abraham had a career in the mental
health field working for New Narrative,
a Portland-based mental health nonprof-
it providing counseling and housing
services across the city. The nonprofit
sent a statement about Abraham to Fox
12 “She was a valued colleague for sev-
eral years, and those who worked with
her described her as ‘an incredibly kind
and gentle soul with a great sense of hu-
mor… and a calming presence for all
of those she came across.’ We send our
condolences to the family and friends of
Racheal during this difficult time.”
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