Third Arrest Made In Dani Countryman Case

POSTED: 6:11 am PDT June 5, 2008
UPDATED: 8:14 am PDT June 5, 2008


MILWAUKIE, Ore. -- A year after the strangulation of a 15-year-old girl, Clackamas County authorities said a third suspect has been arrested in the case.

Authorities arrested Shon Estes in Kansas on Sunday. Deputies said a warrant had been issued for his arrest in connection with the death of Dani Countryman.

Two cousins, Alejandro Rivera Gamboa and Gilberto Javier Rivera Gamboa, have been accused of killing Countryman during a party in Milwaukie last year. Countryman, from Texas, had been visiting her sister at her apartment complex at the time.

The cousins faced several charges, including attempted rape and sex abuse. Authorities said the teen was trying to fight off the pair when they strangled her in an apartment.

Deputies said Estes is fighting extradition to Oregon.

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