Police now say woman found in apt. was homicide victim
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PORTLAND, Ore. – Police say a woman who was found dead in her Southeast Portland apartment was the victim of a homicide.
Investigators have released very few details of their case. They did, however, say the victim is a woman in her 30s.
A medical examiner determined on Wednesday that she died of “homicidal violence.” Police did not elaborate on that.
Detectives are still trying to figure out exactly who the woman is, according to Sgt. Pete Simpson.
Officers first found the body on Tuesday afternoon after somebody reported the woman was dead in her apartment near SE 14th Avenue and Belmont Street.
Neighbors said they had been complaining to building management since Saturday about the smell.
"The whole hallway had this pungent smell to it," said neighbor Joe Cordo.
One tenant, who asked to not be identified, showed us the maintenance form he filled out on Saturday telling Metro Star Properties that there was a "terrible odor" in the building.
He said he followed up with a call on Monday and complained about the specific apartment.
He said he then got a voicemail from a property manager saying they inspected the unit, didn't see anyone inside and blamed the smell on pet waste.
A representative of Metro Star, who also didn't want to be identified, said they didn't see the complaint until Sunday evening. When someone inspected the apartment, they didn't see the body because it was on a bunk bed.
Employees eventually found the body when they went back on Tuesday to clean up the animal mess.
Detectives have not named any suspects or made any arrests, Simpson said.
P-U! What rotten property managers. I came back from vacation once and there was a deceased mouse in my bathroom and let me tell you foks,I could sure smell THAT and tracked it down. Dumbasses.
Just seems like a bunch of misteps.  Glad I wasn't there to smell it.  Anyway, feel bad for the family of  the recently departed.  RIP.
"A representative of Metro Star, who also didn't want to be identified, said they didn't see the complaint until Sunday evening. When someone inspected the apartment, they didn't see the body because it was on a bunk bed."
Something rotten in the state of Denmark...
No kidding! I recently lived in one of their buildings. They are a very hands off, do-the-bare-minimum "property management" firm. They would frequently not deal with problems until they had reached epic proportions. (Just one example of the many I could provide is that they wouldn't fix a leak in my neighbor's ceiling - finally the whole thing actually collapsed, flooded the apartment, and began to leak water into the apartment below.) I doubt they inspected the woman's apartment when they said they did; it would be much more their style to just SAY they took action, and then hope the problem went away without them having to be bothered.
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That poor woman. She paid rent to live there and call it home, and she deserved to have landlords who cared enough to check on her.
@gofigure
Why all the blame on the apartment management for this poor soul. This is sad and very unfortunate for the family and friends, but blame shouldnât be on anyone except the murderer, if in fact she was murdered.
Seems to me there is an increase in women being found dead lately.
@Cherylanne = yeah, whats up with THAT!? HMMMM