Police Investigate Suspicious Death In NE Portland

PORTLAND, OR — After learning that an 80-year-old man was found dead in his Northeast Portland home on Thursday, police officials examining the evidence determined the death was suspicious and have commissioned the Portland Police Bureau's Homicide detail to investigate.

A friend reportedly found the octogenarian's body in his home in the 4200-block of Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard around 6:30 p.m. May 10.

Police will identify the man following an autopsy, which will also reportedly reveal the man's cause of death.

Anyone with information about the man's death is asked to call Detective Todd Gradwahl at 503-823-0991, or email Todd.Gradwahl@portlandoregon.gov, or call Detective Brad Clifton at 503-823-0696, or email Brad.Clifton@portlandoregon.gov.

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