Suspect indicted, arrested for 2025 journey trailer homicide in Southeast Portland

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Police have arrested a suspect in a journey trailer homicide from February 2025.

Abrahan Sandoval-Ruiz, 30, was indicted by a Multnomah County Grand Jury in early July on two counts of second-degree homicide with a firearm, and one rely of first-degree theft with a firearm.

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At the time of the homicide, police stated that they had no suspects. It is unclear if there are another suspects apart from Sandoval-Ruiz.

Sandoval-Ruiz was booked into Multnomah County Jail early Friday morning and is anticipated to be arraigned on the costs this afternoon within the Justice Center.

The expenses stem from the February 2025 killing of Jeremiah McKenzie, 37, who was discovered useless in a journey trailer close to Southeast 84th Avenue and Insley Street.

According to jail information, Sandoval-Ruiz has a prolonged legal historical past in Deschutes County, which features a third-degree theft conviction in 2017, for which he was sentenced to 23 months in jail, in addition to a fourth-degree assault conviction in 2016 with a sentence of 20 days in jail.

He additionally has felony convictions out of Deschutes County in 2020 and 2022, in accordance with jail information, however no additional particulars on his sentencing have been obtainable.