WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.320 --> 00:00:03.879 Sword and Scale contains adult themes and violence, and is 2 00:00:03.919 --> 00:00:05.679 not intended for all audiences. 3 00:00:06.320 --> 00:00:08.519 Listener discretion is advised. 4 00:00:12.400 --> 00:00:14.960 And then I noticed some red in the water and 5 00:00:15.000 --> 00:00:20.280 a blanket, a blue blanket with hair underneath, which I 6 00:00:20.280 --> 00:00:22.039 had to convince myself with moss. 7 00:00:25.359 --> 00:00:27.280 Well, I hope you appreciate this one, because I had 8 00:00:27.280 --> 00:00:30.120 to drag my depressed ass out of bed after what 9 00:00:30.160 --> 00:00:33.799 happened in Minneapolis this week. This is Sword and Scale, 10 00:00:33.799 --> 00:01:27.959 episode three hundred and fifteen. Let's go, I guess. In 11 00:01:28.000 --> 00:01:32.719 the quiet city of Beaverton, Oregon, life moves at a 12 00:01:32.760 --> 00:01:38.319 predictable pace. Those who live there usually know what to expect. 13 00:01:38.680 --> 00:01:43.959 Families dine and cozy restaurants, children play in well kept parks, 14 00:01:44.000 --> 00:01:47.319 and parents only rarely have to worry about the few 15 00:01:47.400 --> 00:01:51.680 dreadlocked gypsies that have migrated from downtown Portland. And before 16 00:01:51.719 --> 00:01:54.079 you complain about me using the word gypsy because it 17 00:01:54.120 --> 00:01:57.799 offends you, just realize that I don't give a shit. 18 00:01:59.239 --> 00:02:04.239 But despite a few dirty hippies here and there, Beaverton 19 00:02:04.519 --> 00:02:08.439 seems like a wonderful place. I mean, it was originally 20 00:02:08.520 --> 00:02:12.680 named after all the beaver dams they had. What's cuter 21 00:02:12.759 --> 00:02:18.680 than that? Once a relatively small community, Beaverton has maintained 22 00:02:18.719 --> 00:02:21.800 its reputation as a safe place for both residents and 23 00:02:22.080 --> 00:02:27.000 business owners. It's also quite beautiful, naturally, a lot of 24 00:02:27.039 --> 00:02:29.719 the West Coast is except for the people. 25 00:02:29.759 --> 00:02:35.360 Of course, citizens value safety hugely here, but our department shines. 26 00:02:35.840 --> 00:02:38.120 It keeps us safe and it's highly valued. And that's 27 00:02:38.159 --> 00:02:41.400 absolutely another key reason to why businesses locate here in 28 00:02:41.520 --> 00:02:42.919 value being here in Beaverton. 29 00:02:43.800 --> 00:02:46.800 Aside from becoming home to corporate giants such as Nike 30 00:02:47.039 --> 00:02:52.560 and Tektronics, the city's public transit is another unique contributor 31 00:02:52.599 --> 00:02:53.840 to its booming economy. 32 00:02:54.319 --> 00:02:57.879 Beaverton is on the easterly edge of Washington County, and 33 00:02:57.919 --> 00:03:01.400 it is really the hub for transport to choices. We've 34 00:03:01.439 --> 00:03:04.560 got great transit options here. We have the Max Train, 35 00:03:04.919 --> 00:03:09.000 the West Train. We also have a tremendous bus network. 36 00:03:09.319 --> 00:03:13.639 Despite its growth, Beaverton's wooded trails, quiet streams, and parks 37 00:03:13.639 --> 00:03:16.879 are what make the city unique. It's got the best 38 00:03:16.960 --> 00:03:21.919 of both worlds. But like anywhere, there are aspects of 39 00:03:21.960 --> 00:03:27.840 Beaverton that aren't exactly advertised on postcards or in travel brochures. 40 00:03:28.840 --> 00:03:32.800 It's not an escape for everyone. For many the forests 41 00:03:32.800 --> 00:03:36.199 of the Pacific Northwest are less a refuge and more 42 00:03:36.240 --> 00:03:39.639 of a last resort, a place where the ever growing 43 00:03:39.680 --> 00:03:43.879 homeless population struggles to survive when there's nowhere else to go. 44 00:03:44.919 --> 00:03:48.680 Sixteen year old Daniel Ryan Gore was one of the 45 00:03:48.680 --> 00:03:52.919 city's underbelly residents. But he wasn't living in the woods 46 00:03:53.000 --> 00:03:58.639 out of necessity. He was there by choice. In his eyes, 47 00:03:59.039 --> 00:04:02.319 anything was better than living at home with his parents. 48 00:04:03.439 --> 00:04:06.080 He was born in Oklahoma, and his family moved to 49 00:04:06.120 --> 00:04:09.520 Beaverton when he was only eleven years old. A short 50 00:04:09.520 --> 00:04:12.800 time later, they relocated again, this time to the more 51 00:04:13.000 --> 00:04:14.719 affordable town of Salem. 52 00:04:15.199 --> 00:04:20.720 What thought you guys? Oh okay, I think it was 53 00:04:21.319 --> 00:04:24.279 one of my parents' jobs. And then you got too. 54 00:04:25.040 --> 00:04:27.439 Was it the Beaberton area initially into the New New 55 00:04:27.560 --> 00:04:31.680 York And so mom and dad are down there. Do 56 00:04:31.720 --> 00:04:33.360 you have any family up in this area? 57 00:04:33.560 --> 00:04:33.920 We are. 58 00:04:34.800 --> 00:04:38.160 Allegedly, his parents did what they could to provide him 59 00:04:38.160 --> 00:04:43.399 with better opportunities. I have my doubts, but Daniel wasn't 60 00:04:43.480 --> 00:04:46.920 like most kids. He started feeling more like an outsider 61 00:04:46.959 --> 00:04:51.160 with each passing year. Constantly moving around and being placed 62 00:04:51.160 --> 00:04:53.920 in new school districts made it hard for Daniel to 63 00:04:53.959 --> 00:04:58.680 make friends. He struggled academically and spent most afternoons at 64 00:04:58.680 --> 00:05:03.160 the lunch table alone. He was often seen wearing headphones 65 00:05:03.600 --> 00:05:06.959 blaring heavy metal and rap music to block out the 66 00:05:06.959 --> 00:05:11.399 world around him. Eventually, Daniel did break out of his shell, 67 00:05:11.480 --> 00:05:15.040 but not in a good way. By the time he 68 00:05:15.160 --> 00:05:18.079 entered high school, Daniel had established a reputation as a 69 00:05:18.120 --> 00:05:22.560 class clown, and instead of being the popular funny guy, 70 00:05:22.759 --> 00:05:25.959 he was more known as the weird goth kid who 71 00:05:26.040 --> 00:05:31.240 would randomly scream and class for laughs that were rarely received. 72 00:05:32.160 --> 00:05:36.040 As he strayed further from his peers, he leaned more 73 00:05:36.079 --> 00:05:40.720 into music, connecting with underground artists more than any of 74 00:05:40.759 --> 00:05:46.519 his classmates. That's when Daniel discovered Seven, a progressive metal 75 00:05:46.639 --> 00:05:48.920 rapper out of Atlanta, Georgia. 76 00:05:49.399 --> 00:05:53.720 He was pretty obsessed with this artist, like loved everything 77 00:05:53.839 --> 00:05:56.720 he did, every song he came out with, every post 78 00:05:56.800 --> 00:06:02.759 he made. He would re post like Instagram videos or 79 00:06:02.800 --> 00:06:06.199 tiktoks about people. Other people obsessing over this artist. 80 00:06:07.079 --> 00:06:11.040 On the rare occasion when Daniel did converse with other students, 81 00:06:11.920 --> 00:06:16.040 Seven and his latest song became the only thing he 82 00:06:16.120 --> 00:06:21.439 cared to talk about. He was fixated. Unfortunately, the other 83 00:06:21.560 --> 00:06:26.319 kids weren't that interested. It wasn't long after that Daniel 84 00:06:26.360 --> 00:06:30.199 convinced himself he just didn't belong, not just in school, 85 00:06:30.240 --> 00:06:35.079 but in society. Right around that time, he dropped out 86 00:06:35.240 --> 00:06:39.199 and had plans to run away from home. Shortly after 87 00:06:39.240 --> 00:06:42.560 his sixteenth birthday, he packed an oversized duffel bag and 88 00:06:42.839 --> 00:06:46.720 bought a bus ticket to Portland. Without any savings or 89 00:06:46.759 --> 00:06:49.120 a place to go, he ended up living on the 90 00:06:49.120 --> 00:06:52.680 streets of Oregon's busiest city. I'm sure you've seen the 91 00:06:53.360 --> 00:06:57.720 homeless encampments out there and all the rioting and drug use. 92 00:06:58.879 --> 00:07:02.720 Daniel found himself in parks or underneath the overhang of 93 00:07:02.800 --> 00:07:07.399 the First Interstate Bank. After a few months, he eventually 94 00:07:07.439 --> 00:07:09.639 got sick of being woken up by cops or having 95 00:07:09.680 --> 00:07:12.959 business owners kick him off their property. That's when he 96 00:07:13.000 --> 00:07:17.879 decided he needed to move somewhere more remote, somewhere quiet 97 00:07:17.920 --> 00:07:21.680 and safe from all the tweakers roaming around downtown Portland 98 00:07:21.759 --> 00:07:27.639 like zombies. Nothing says compassion like continuing to let that happen. Anyway, 99 00:07:27.680 --> 00:07:30.240 While he certainly could have gone back home to his 100 00:07:30.319 --> 00:07:34.720 parents in Salem, that thought never crossed his mind. After 101 00:07:34.759 --> 00:07:37.759 hopping on one of the computers inside the city library, 102 00:07:38.600 --> 00:07:42.360 and a few Google searches later, it was settled. Sixteen 103 00:07:42.439 --> 00:07:45.600 year old Daniel was headed back to Beaverton. 104 00:07:46.160 --> 00:07:46.920 Okay, So you. 105 00:07:46.800 --> 00:07:49.720 Take a bus from stay Along to Wilsonville and then 106 00:07:49.759 --> 00:07:53.600 you get on the map shrink in Wilsonville and there okay, 107 00:07:53.720 --> 00:07:55.639 And it's three bucks for that long to that. 108 00:07:55.639 --> 00:07:57.079 Shot a bo Okay. 109 00:07:57.879 --> 00:08:01.000 By now, he was well versed in public transportation, so 110 00:08:01.519 --> 00:08:04.480 hopping on a bus at Union Station was nothing new. 111 00:08:05.399 --> 00:08:08.720 After panhandling long enough to afford a one way ticket, 112 00:08:09.279 --> 00:08:13.040 Daniel was on the next bus out of town. When 113 00:08:13.079 --> 00:08:15.839 he arrived, Daniel spent the little cash he had left 114 00:08:15.839 --> 00:08:19.959 on supplies with plans to set up camp in the woods. 115 00:08:20.519 --> 00:08:23.759 After walking for miles, he eventually came across the Progress 116 00:08:23.920 --> 00:08:28.879 Ridge shopping center in Beaverton's south end. At an ace 117 00:08:28.920 --> 00:08:32.440 hardware store inside the plaza, he purchased a camping tent 118 00:08:33.080 --> 00:08:36.879 and blue blanket before walking through the parking lot towards 119 00:08:36.960 --> 00:08:41.000 the tree line. As he finished setting up camp, Daniel 120 00:08:41.000 --> 00:08:44.480 felt a sense of calm wash over him. His new 121 00:08:44.519 --> 00:08:49.960 home was quiet, serene. Besides the faint noise of cars 122 00:08:50.000 --> 00:08:54.000 and the shopping mall roughly two football fields away. Daniel 123 00:08:54.039 --> 00:08:57.799 had the woods all to himself. If he needed something 124 00:08:57.840 --> 00:08:59.840 to eat, he'd walk the short distance to the shopping 125 00:08:59.840 --> 00:09:02.840 stone center to dig through the dumpsters for food that 126 00:09:02.960 --> 00:09:06.559 had been recently tossed away. When that didn't work, he'd 127 00:09:06.639 --> 00:09:10.759 hit New Season's Market, an overpriced grocery store located in 128 00:09:10.799 --> 00:09:15.440 the plaza where the rich folk of Beaverton shopped. Luckily, 129 00:09:15.480 --> 00:09:21.000 for Daniel, money was no object, literally he had none. 130 00:09:21.840 --> 00:09:25.240 Right before the last register was about to close, Daniel 131 00:09:25.240 --> 00:09:28.440 would stroll the aisles, pretending to shop, before secretly stuffing 132 00:09:28.480 --> 00:09:31.039 a package of hot dogs or a can of chili 133 00:09:31.279 --> 00:09:34.960 in his coat pocket. After that, he walked across the 134 00:09:35.000 --> 00:09:38.440 parking lot into the woods, where he'd start a campfire 135 00:09:38.480 --> 00:09:42.600 and cook himself a meal. A stolen one doesn't sound 136 00:09:42.679 --> 00:09:43.480 that bad, to. 137 00:09:43.440 --> 00:09:45.879 Be honest, how long have you been stand. 138 00:09:45.720 --> 00:09:54.799 In the texts, Daniel had been living outside for a 139 00:09:54.799 --> 00:09:57.840 couple of months up to this point. As much as 140 00:09:57.840 --> 00:10:00.559 he enjoyed the privacy, he was I was a sixteen 141 00:10:00.600 --> 00:10:06.200 year old boy, and eventually Daniel got bored. That's when 142 00:10:06.240 --> 00:10:09.879 he started frequenting the shopping mall more often, not to 143 00:10:09.919 --> 00:10:14.240 steal hot dogs, but to socialize. The AMC movie theater 144 00:10:14.320 --> 00:10:16.879 at the Plaza was one of the main places Daniel 145 00:10:16.919 --> 00:10:21.879 started hanging out. Eventually he met some kids his age who, 146 00:10:22.159 --> 00:10:25.120 like him, had nothing else to do on a Friday 147 00:10:25.200 --> 00:10:29.440 night but catch the late night showing of Avatar two. 148 00:10:30.240 --> 00:10:33.399 Didn't see it, but I heard that was shit. Finally 149 00:10:33.559 --> 00:10:36.919 Daniel had a solid group of friends. For the first 150 00:10:36.919 --> 00:10:42.639 time ever, he felt accepted. Imagine that the local teens 151 00:10:42.679 --> 00:10:45.960 who attended high school in Beaverton, a few miles down 152 00:10:45.960 --> 00:10:49.240 the road, knew he was homeless, but never judged him. 153 00:10:49.440 --> 00:10:52.879 If anything, they were concerned for his well being, especially 154 00:10:52.919 --> 00:10:56.720 when the colder months rolled around. One day in January 155 00:10:57.120 --> 00:11:00.600 twenty twenty two, Daniel arrived at the AMC Theater to 156 00:11:00.639 --> 00:11:04.399 meet up with his new friends, but they noticed his 157 00:11:04.480 --> 00:11:08.840 clothes were soaking wet. It was clear he'd been struggling 158 00:11:08.879 --> 00:11:12.360 to survive in this tent just a couple hundred yards away. 159 00:11:13.399 --> 00:11:16.279 Daniel told his friends he was fine, but after visiting 160 00:11:16.320 --> 00:11:19.639 the camp, they knew from the damaged tarps ready to 161 00:11:19.679 --> 00:11:23.559 cave in from the fresh snowfall that they really needed 162 00:11:23.559 --> 00:11:26.919 to get Daniel out of the woods. I wonder what 163 00:11:27.039 --> 00:11:27.919 his parents were doing. 164 00:11:28.039 --> 00:11:31.480 Around this time, I was having friends over. I had 165 00:11:31.799 --> 00:11:34.799 recently met a new group and they asked me to 166 00:11:34.840 --> 00:11:38.720 invite one of their friends over, and I said yes. 167 00:11:39.519 --> 00:11:42.919 During one particular visit to a friend's home, Daniel and 168 00:11:42.960 --> 00:11:46.600 a group of others were hanging out watching TV. At 169 00:11:46.600 --> 00:11:48.840 one point, while the group was eating a meal the 170 00:11:48.879 --> 00:11:53.080 mother prepared, Daniel's friend mentioned that he was homeless. 171 00:11:53.480 --> 00:11:55.720 I was made aware that he didn't have a house, 172 00:11:56.159 --> 00:12:00.480 and I told my mother that, and she started crying 173 00:12:00.639 --> 00:12:03.879 and told me he could do his laundry whenever he wanted. 174 00:12:04.519 --> 00:12:08.200 The girl's mother instantly broke into tears and insisted he 175 00:12:08.320 --> 00:12:11.440 stay with them that night. Well, he wasn't used to 176 00:12:11.480 --> 00:12:16.519 accepting a helping hand. This time he did and was 177 00:12:16.600 --> 00:12:21.759 genuinely thankful. From that point forward, anytime the weather was harsh, 178 00:12:21.919 --> 00:12:24.759 the mother of Daniel's friend insisted he stay with them. 179 00:12:25.320 --> 00:12:29.639 Eventually it started snowing, and my mom was even more 180 00:12:29.679 --> 00:12:32.919 sad and wanted him to be safe and let him 181 00:12:32.960 --> 00:12:34.720 stay the night every once in a while when it 182 00:12:34.759 --> 00:12:37.120 was really cold. At different times when he was hungry, 183 00:12:37.240 --> 00:12:39.840 she would of course let him eat our food, and 184 00:12:40.519 --> 00:12:43.360 sometimes I'm pretty sure got him canned food from either 185 00:12:43.440 --> 00:12:45.639 pantries or our pantry. 186 00:12:46.279 --> 00:12:49.080 One night, when Daniel showed up at the door, the 187 00:12:49.120 --> 00:12:52.519 mom surprised him with a gift. It was a brand 188 00:12:52.519 --> 00:12:56.600 new orange puffer coat. Daniel couldn't have been more grateful, 189 00:12:57.320 --> 00:13:00.600 as the weather was only getting worse. Turn the favor, 190 00:13:00.720 --> 00:13:03.159 Daniel would offer to help around the house during his 191 00:13:03.240 --> 00:13:07.080 overnight stays. He was polite and came across as a 192 00:13:07.120 --> 00:13:11.279 genuine teenager who just needed some help. Accepting it, though, 193 00:13:11.519 --> 00:13:15.440 was something Daniel struggled with. After retreating back to his 194 00:13:15.480 --> 00:13:19.600 campsite and vanishing behind the trees, Daniel started to isolate 195 00:13:19.679 --> 00:13:23.600 himself again, left with nothing but his thoughts and dark 196 00:13:23.679 --> 00:13:28.399 lyrics from heavy metal music crackling through his cheap headphones. 197 00:13:29.440 --> 00:13:33.480 As the snow continued to fall, his friends and their 198 00:13:33.519 --> 00:13:36.440 families feared that Daniel might not make it through the night. 199 00:13:37.279 --> 00:13:40.200 But it wasn't just the harsh elements that they had 200 00:13:40.240 --> 00:13:42.720 to be concerned with, as there was no way of 201 00:13:42.799 --> 00:13:47.480 knowing the sheer violence that was about to unfold in 202 00:13:47.519 --> 00:14:22.559 those very same Oregon woods. For Daniel Gore, life wasn't easy. 203 00:14:23.320 --> 00:14:25.399 At just sixteen years old, he left home with no 204 00:14:25.519 --> 00:14:28.320 plan and barely enough cash to purchase a bus ticket 205 00:14:28.360 --> 00:14:32.759 to Portland, Oregon. When life on the streets became too harsh, 206 00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:36.360 he sought refuge in the nearby woods of Beaverton and 207 00:14:36.440 --> 00:14:41.120 set up camp behind the Progress Ridge Shopping Center. Unfortunately, 208 00:14:41.759 --> 00:14:45.960 with homelessness often comes danger and sometimes the threat of 209 00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:49.840 extreme violence. While he struggled to find his way in 210 00:14:49.879 --> 00:14:52.440 the world, any chance of starting over for Daniel was 211 00:14:52.559 --> 00:14:57.240 inevitably destroyed when a harrowing discovery was made on May tenth, 212 00:14:57.720 --> 00:15:01.960 twenty twenty two, past three pm, a group of local 213 00:15:02.000 --> 00:15:07.159 residents was walking along Barrows Road before veering onto the 214 00:15:07.360 --> 00:15:12.039 west Side Regional Trailhead, directly located behind the Progress Ridge 215 00:15:12.039 --> 00:15:13.360 Shopping Center in Beaverton. 216 00:15:13.960 --> 00:15:18.759 We walked through into the forest wooded area and walked 217 00:15:18.759 --> 00:15:20.399 around for a while. We didn't see much. 218 00:15:20.879 --> 00:15:23.960 After a short trek, they came across a pair of 219 00:15:24.080 --> 00:15:28.279 ripped sweatpants hanging from a branch, as well as a 220 00:15:28.320 --> 00:15:31.120 pair of high top converse sneakers that were stuck in 221 00:15:31.159 --> 00:15:36.480 the mud. The group became worried almost immediately after walking 222 00:15:36.519 --> 00:15:40.639 towards the items, they noticed something else. 223 00:15:41.200 --> 00:15:43.759 And then I noticed some red in the water and 224 00:15:43.840 --> 00:15:49.320 a blanket A blue blanket with hair underneath, which I 225 00:15:49.360 --> 00:15:50.960 had convinced myself with moss. 226 00:15:51.559 --> 00:15:54.600 The blanket was draped over a shallow creek that ran 227 00:15:54.639 --> 00:15:59.279 through the woods. As they neared closer, they noticed the 228 00:15:59.440 --> 00:16:03.320 raised and pression of something underneath. What was even more 229 00:16:03.360 --> 00:16:06.279 suspicious was that the blanket had been weighed down by 230 00:16:06.320 --> 00:16:10.320 several logs and rocks. It was at this point that 231 00:16:10.399 --> 00:16:14.000 the group stepped back and shocked, before running out of 232 00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:15.799 the woods and notifying police. 233 00:16:16.480 --> 00:16:23.759 Are you talking about this little spot way down the years? Okay? 234 00:16:23.960 --> 00:16:25.679 Do you guys want to wait way up here for me? 235 00:16:26.320 --> 00:16:27.200 And then we'll come back up. 236 00:16:27.159 --> 00:16:28.159 And in a few minutes. 237 00:16:38.480 --> 00:16:42.120 When authorities arrived, the scene was immediately secured as people 238 00:16:42.159 --> 00:16:45.039 started to swarm around the caution tape perimeter. 239 00:16:45.799 --> 00:16:47.960 I saw like a bevy of cops in like a circle. 240 00:16:48.200 --> 00:16:50.120 Seems like they were doing a search. I was very 241 00:16:50.159 --> 00:16:53.159 surprised to all the police here. I mean, I had 242 00:16:53.200 --> 00:16:55.159 to connect the dots. They're they're being very you know, 243 00:16:55.480 --> 00:16:56.159 quiet about it. 244 00:16:56.200 --> 00:16:59.480 All that well, the vast presence of s UV's and 245 00:16:59.519 --> 00:17:03.320 police users lined the streets just behind them and down 246 00:17:03.360 --> 00:17:07.920 the small ravine. Crime scene texts started carefully gathering evidence 247 00:17:07.960 --> 00:17:08.799 in the woods. 248 00:17:09.160 --> 00:17:10.839 Well, I could tell about the blanket that it appeared 249 00:17:10.880 --> 00:17:13.599 it was weighted down and there was definitely something under it. 250 00:17:13.599 --> 00:17:15.519 It looked like I had noticed human hair in the water, 251 00:17:15.680 --> 00:17:17.559 and at some point I think I pointed that out. 252 00:17:18.240 --> 00:17:23.599 Upon examining the blanket waiting in the water, forensics started 253 00:17:23.599 --> 00:17:25.440 lifting the stones and debris. 254 00:17:26.319 --> 00:17:30.039 We removed the blanket and it was photographed in place. 255 00:17:30.359 --> 00:17:34.799 There were multiple branches and large rocks that had been 256 00:17:34.839 --> 00:17:37.400 placed on the body to hold it down and in 257 00:17:37.480 --> 00:17:38.599 place in the water. 258 00:17:39.079 --> 00:17:42.799 The body of a deceased teenage victim was found. The 259 00:17:42.839 --> 00:17:47.160 individual was completely nude except for their socks. Ligature marks 260 00:17:47.200 --> 00:17:51.319 were visible on their neck. The face was swollen and bruised. 261 00:17:52.359 --> 00:17:56.359 Investigators then took notice of one of the victim's fingernails. 262 00:17:56.839 --> 00:18:00.599 It actually had been snapped back at the nail bed 263 00:18:00.640 --> 00:18:02.799 and it was just kind of hanging. 264 00:18:03.480 --> 00:18:07.680 The victim's family was notified immediately. That same evening. The 265 00:18:07.680 --> 00:18:10.799 city of Beaverton, Oregon, fell into a collective state of 266 00:18:10.880 --> 00:18:15.079 shock when authorities released the name of the teen found 267 00:18:15.119 --> 00:18:17.119 dead in the woods. 268 00:18:17.519 --> 00:18:19.119 We want to get straight to some breaking news out 269 00:18:19.119 --> 00:18:21.960 of Beaverton tonight. Police say they've found the body of 270 00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:22.759 a missing. 271 00:18:22.599 --> 00:18:26.279 Student tonight, we know the circumstances surrounding the girl's death 272 00:18:26.559 --> 00:18:27.559 are suspicious. 273 00:18:28.160 --> 00:18:31.720 At around seven am on Monday, May ninth, a Cell 274 00:18:31.839 --> 00:18:35.119 Lee arrives home from her overnight shift at the Nike 275 00:18:35.279 --> 00:18:39.519 store in Beaverton. She hasn't seen her daughter, Milana since 276 00:18:39.559 --> 00:18:42.960 the evening before when she left for work. She calls 277 00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:47.079 out for her, but there's no answer. Thinking Milana must 278 00:18:47.119 --> 00:18:51.200 have simply left early for school, she decides to check 279 00:18:51.200 --> 00:18:54.599 her daughter's bedroom just to be sure. When a Cell 280 00:18:55.000 --> 00:18:59.519 cracks open the door, Uneasiness sets in when she notices 281 00:18:59.599 --> 00:19:02.599 milan This book bag is still in the corner of 282 00:19:02.680 --> 00:19:06.519 the room. A Cell starts making phone calls and reaches 283 00:19:06.559 --> 00:19:09.839 out to Milana's friends, but no one is seen or 284 00:19:09.880 --> 00:19:15.079 heard from her or worry deepens. She calls the school, 285 00:19:15.160 --> 00:19:19.240 hoping for reassurance, only to learn that Milana never showed 286 00:19:19.279 --> 00:19:23.400 up that day. This is when panic starts to set in. 287 00:19:24.400 --> 00:19:27.160 After nearly twenty four hours and still no sign of her, 288 00:19:28.000 --> 00:19:30.240 a Cell and a group of Milana's friends take to 289 00:19:30.319 --> 00:19:35.400 the streets and nearby woods, retracing her usual route, but 290 00:19:35.519 --> 00:19:41.359 then they find something off the wooded trails of Barrows Road. 291 00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:46.599 Scattered along the damp forest floor are Milana's shoes and 292 00:19:46.720 --> 00:19:51.200 torn pajama pants, the same items she was last seen wearing. 293 00:19:52.200 --> 00:19:56.599 Moments later, they spot a blue blanket lying flat over 294 00:19:56.680 --> 00:20:01.839 a slow running creek. Unaware at that moment that beneath 295 00:20:02.119 --> 00:20:06.759 that pile of debris is Milana's savagely beaten body. 296 00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:08.799 Yeah, it's just horribly sad. 297 00:20:08.920 --> 00:20:12.039 Officers say that that young lady was Milana Lee. 298 00:20:12.119 --> 00:20:14.720 And we're just finding out about this in the past 299 00:20:14.799 --> 00:20:15.400 hour or. 300 00:20:15.359 --> 00:20:18.440 So, and already some community members have put. 301 00:20:18.240 --> 00:20:21.920 Flowers here near where her body was found. 302 00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:24.640 They found her body in a small stream over here. 303 00:20:24.799 --> 00:20:27.640 This is the west Side Linear Park near the West 304 00:20:27.680 --> 00:20:28.319 Side Trail. 305 00:20:28.480 --> 00:20:30.519 Police just left this scene. 306 00:20:30.519 --> 00:20:33.440 They had this all blocked off near Barrows Road for 307 00:20:33.480 --> 00:20:34.400 this investigation. 308 00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:38.319 Once the body was removed from the water and transported 309 00:20:38.400 --> 00:20:42.680 by the corner in preparation for an autopsy, a group 310 00:20:42.720 --> 00:20:46.519 of investigators expanded their search and proceeded further into the woods. 311 00:20:47.640 --> 00:20:50.960 It wasn't long before they came across a homeless encampment 312 00:20:51.160 --> 00:20:55.599 roughly two hundred yards from Progress Ridge Shopping Center. The 313 00:20:55.680 --> 00:21:00.279 site appeared to have been someone's long term dwelling as 314 00:21:00.279 --> 00:21:03.960 indicated by a series of tarps meticulously tied from various 315 00:21:04.079 --> 00:21:09.720 trees covering the small camping tent. Fresh food wrappers and 316 00:21:09.799 --> 00:21:13.920 recently burnt embers inside a small fire pit suggested that 317 00:21:14.400 --> 00:21:17.839 whoever was staying there hadn't left long before police arrived. 318 00:21:18.839 --> 00:21:23.039 Directly adjacent to the camping tent was the discarded packaging 319 00:21:23.119 --> 00:21:26.720 of a blanket consistent with the same blanket used to 320 00:21:26.759 --> 00:21:33.359 conceal Milana's body. The authorities searched inside the tent, they 321 00:21:33.400 --> 00:21:38.440 found a diary. Upon reading it, they immediately took notice 322 00:21:38.440 --> 00:21:44.200 of the phrase I feel like dexter ominously written inside 323 00:21:44.200 --> 00:21:48.200 the journal. Something else that struck the deputy's azad was 324 00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:52.000 a collage of artwork found etched into a nearby tree. 325 00:21:52.720 --> 00:21:56.799 Chiseled into the bark were several skulls with joker type smiles, 326 00:21:57.640 --> 00:22:01.240 adorned with a unique set of devil horns each of 327 00:22:01.279 --> 00:22:06.240 the cartoons heads. It was unclear what the images were, 328 00:22:06.359 --> 00:22:09.920 but all the pocket knife carvings depicted a rendition of 329 00:22:09.960 --> 00:22:14.759 the same character. Back at the primary crime scene, additional 330 00:22:14.799 --> 00:22:19.079 items of evidentiary value were being collected In addition to 331 00:22:19.200 --> 00:22:23.359 the clothing and broken fingernail. The victim's purse was found 332 00:22:23.400 --> 00:22:27.960 a few meters north waiting in the creek. The bag 333 00:22:28.039 --> 00:22:30.440 was partially filled with water and missing one of its 334 00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:35.480 leather straps. Investigators eventually recovered the missing strap in a 335 00:22:35.519 --> 00:22:40.599 nearby bush. Inside the purse was Milana's phone case, but 336 00:22:40.680 --> 00:22:42.680 her device was missing. 337 00:22:43.160 --> 00:22:46.079 We did an emergency connection with her phone through T 338 00:22:46.240 --> 00:22:49.000 Mobile to try to get her Latin longitude, but where 339 00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:51.119 her cell phone was last seen so we would have 340 00:22:51.119 --> 00:22:53.279 an idea of where to start looking. 341 00:22:53.960 --> 00:22:58.079 Once a subpoena was successfully filed through Milana's phone carrier, 342 00:22:59.079 --> 00:23:03.599 authorities learned that her device showed activity throughout Beaverton several 343 00:23:03.599 --> 00:23:08.039 hours after the murder and had just recently been powered off. 344 00:23:09.119 --> 00:23:13.559 Upon accessing the victim's final texts and online messages, they 345 00:23:13.559 --> 00:23:17.960 found a Facebook correspondence that started the afternoon she disappeared. 346 00:23:18.880 --> 00:23:24.480 This conversation was between Milana and a sixteen year old 347 00:23:24.759 --> 00:23:32.839 named Daniel Gore surprised, huh, come on, this is sortan scale. 348 00:23:34.119 --> 00:23:37.799 On May eighth, twenty twenty two, Milana contacted Daniel at 349 00:23:37.839 --> 00:23:41.920 around two thirty pm. She asked him what his plans 350 00:23:41.960 --> 00:23:47.359 were that afternoon. Daniel responded to the message stating he 351 00:23:47.400 --> 00:23:49.480 was at the local library so that he could use 352 00:23:49.480 --> 00:23:53.440 the Internet. The fuck is the purpose of libraries in 353 00:23:53.519 --> 00:23:57.000 twenty twenty five now that we have the Internet? Oh right, 354 00:23:57.839 --> 00:24:02.160 masturbatoriums for homeless people and a huge waste of taxpayer money. 355 00:24:02.200 --> 00:24:07.240 If you asked me, leave your outrage in the comments, Karen. Anyway, 356 00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:10.759 Eventually the two arranged to meet up Daniel and Milana 357 00:24:11.119 --> 00:24:15.079 with the intention of getting drunk with some mutual friends. 358 00:24:15.559 --> 00:24:18.720 Over the course of several hours, Milana and Daniel continued 359 00:24:18.759 --> 00:24:23.240 to communicate on Facebook. Milana sent several more messages asking 360 00:24:23.319 --> 00:24:27.359 Daniel who would be joining them that evening. Daniel responded 361 00:24:27.400 --> 00:24:30.039 by providing the names of one male and at least 362 00:24:30.079 --> 00:24:33.000 two other girls, but said he wasn't sure if they 363 00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:36.319 were going to make it. At around six pm, location 364 00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:41.000 data placed Milana at her residence before traveling towards the 365 00:24:41.119 --> 00:24:45.319 shopping plaza less than half a mile away. At six 366 00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:50.240 thirty pm, Milana's cell phone pinged at Menshi's Frozen Yogurt 367 00:24:50.880 --> 00:24:55.119 at the Progress Ridge Shopping Center. Surveillance footage from inside 368 00:24:55.160 --> 00:24:59.359 the business corroborated Milana's location when she was seen entering 369 00:24:59.400 --> 00:25:02.559 Menshe's accompanied by a male teenager. 370 00:25:03.359 --> 00:25:08.200 It depicts May eighth, twenty twenty two. It will show 371 00:25:08.480 --> 00:25:13.319 Daniel Gore and Malana Lee together around six forty pm, 372 00:25:13.559 --> 00:25:17.240 enter the location and a leave three minutes later. 373 00:25:18.160 --> 00:25:21.519 Milana is seen in the footage wearing pajama pants and 374 00:25:21.640 --> 00:25:24.359 high top converse sneakers as she orders a cup of 375 00:25:24.400 --> 00:25:28.480 frozen yogurt, while the male suspect is captured on camera 376 00:25:28.599 --> 00:25:34.759 wearing a bright orange puffer jacket. Minutes later, surveillance captures 377 00:25:34.799 --> 00:25:38.359 Milana and the suspect walking through the parking lot to 378 00:25:38.480 --> 00:25:41.960 a bus stop. The two are seen boarding a bus 379 00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:47.559 before its doors close and they start traveling eastbound. Minutes later, 380 00:25:47.559 --> 00:25:50.400 they're captured on surveillance a few blocks away, exiting the 381 00:25:50.440 --> 00:25:55.119 bus at a nearby intersection before boarding another one. The 382 00:25:55.200 --> 00:25:58.359 evidence indicated that the pair rode a series of buses 383 00:25:58.359 --> 00:26:00.920 for a total of twenty five minutes before finally getting 384 00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:04.200 off at a walgreen It's less than a mile north 385 00:26:04.279 --> 00:26:08.759 of where the trip started. Imagine riding public buses for fun. 386 00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:13.599 What it is to be young and stupid. The next 387 00:26:13.599 --> 00:26:17.359 time the pair was spotted was at seven forty five pm, 388 00:26:17.559 --> 00:26:20.799 walking south in the vicinity of the shopping Plaza and 389 00:26:20.880 --> 00:26:22.839 approaching the West Side Regional Trail. 390 00:26:23.680 --> 00:26:25.880 This is the very last time Malala ley is caught 391 00:26:26.079 --> 00:26:29.480 on him and was haunting about this energy. 392 00:26:30.279 --> 00:26:33.400 She has no idea did in just over an hour 393 00:26:34.680 --> 00:26:35.200 her life. 394 00:26:35.039 --> 00:26:35.599 Would be ticket. 395 00:26:36.519 --> 00:26:40.839 After identifying the individual who was believed to be Daniel Gore, 396 00:26:41.119 --> 00:26:46.640 of course, investigators started looking into his online activity. Through 397 00:26:46.640 --> 00:26:50.759 both his Facebook and Instagram messages, authorities were able to 398 00:26:50.799 --> 00:26:54.079 track down friends of the suspect who he'd been communicating 399 00:26:54.119 --> 00:26:59.160 with before and after the murder. Hours after Milana's body 400 00:26:59.599 --> 00:27:03.640 was found, detectives arrived at an apartment complex in Beaverton, 401 00:27:04.359 --> 00:27:06.680