Gresham 'Execution-Style' Drug Murder Results In Five Arrests

GRESHAM, OR — When Gresham detectives arrived on the 18900 block of NE Portal Way on September 24, it was very apparent that someone had been very unhappy with something they thought that Andrew Sherell had done. The 35-year-old from Bend had been dumped in an industrial area, his arms bound. He had one gunshot wound to his head.

He was dead. The murder was an execution, they said.

Five people are now under arrest, charged with kidnapping and murdering Sherrell.

Officials say that Sherrell had been selling drugs, moving between Bend and the Portland area. They add that Sherrell had accumulated a large debt while doing business, one that he either wouldn't – or couldn't – pay.

Police say that the night of the 24th, the five people had found Sherrell in downtown Portland. They pulled him off the street and into a vehicle. Sherrell was driven to the street in Gresham where he – already bound – was shot and dumped on the street.

Gresham detectives spent hundreds of hours working the case with other members of the East County Major Crimes Team, which also includes members of the Portland Police Bureau, the Oregon State Police, the Port of Portland Police Department, the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office, and the Multnomah County District Attorney's Office.

In this investigation, they were assisted by officers from the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office, Bend Police Department, Redmond Police Department, Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, Vancouver Police Department, Clark County Sheriff’s Office, and the Beaverton Police Department.

After gathering evidence, it was presented to the grand jury who charged the following people with the following crimes:

Cesar Estrada-Nava, 31, of Portland

• Murder in the Second Degree with a Firearm
• Criminal Conspiracy to Commit Murder in the Second Degree
• Kidnapping in the First Degree
• Criminal Conspiracy to Commit Kidnapping in the First Degree
• Assault in the Third Degree
• Criminal Conspiracy to Commit Unlawful Delivery of Oxycodone

-D’Sean Maurice Baker, 43, of Portland

• Murder in the Second Degree with a Firearm
• Criminal Conspiracy to Commit Murder in the Second Degree
• Kidnapping in the First Degree
• Criminal Conspiracy to Commit Kidnapping in the First Degree
• Assault in the Third Degree
• Criminal Conspiracy to Commit Assault in the Third Degree
• Criminal Conspiracy to Commit Unlawful Delivery of Oxycodone

-Kassandra Kitchens, 26, of Gresham

• Kidnapping in the First Degree
• Criminal Conspiracy to Commit Kidnapping in the First Degree
• Assault in the Third Degree
• Criminal Conspiracy to Commit Assault in the Third Degree
• Criminal Conspiracy to Commit Unlawful Delivery of Oxycodone

-Andrew Bushnell, 36, of Eugene

• Kidnapping in the First Degree
• Criminal Conspiracy to Commit Kidnapping in the First Degree
• Assault in the Third Degree
• Criminal Conspiracy to Commit Assault in the Third Degree

-Christian Joshua Wobbe, 23, of Portland

• Kidnapping in the First Degree
• Criminal Conspiracy to Commit Kidnapping in the First Degree
• Assault in the Third Degree
• Criminal Conspiracy to Commit Assault in the Third Degree