Crime & Safety

Old Town Double Homicide Victims Identified

Portland Police say that 37-year-old Ashlie Walker and 47-year-old Daniel Davis were shot dead on Sunday morning.

Ashlie Walker was one of two people shot dead on Sunday morning.
Ashlie Walker was one of two people shot dead on Sunday morning. (Family of Ashlie Walker via Portland Police Bureau)

PORTLAND, OR — The woman in the picture is Ashlie Walker. She was 37 years old on Sunday morning when she was shot to death in an apartment in Old Town.

Daniel Davis, who was 47, was also killed in the attack.

Michael VanDomelen, 45, pleaded not guilty to two murder counts and was ordered held without bail, Portland police said.

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VanDomelen told police that he was under the influence of methamphetamine when he shot Walker and Davis, and that a voice in his head told him to shoot people.

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