[Poster note: this one hits way too close to him from this poster - in many ways... I know someone that lives within 100 ft of the building where this took place - scary stuff... Hey, you Oregonians tuned in here... watch this one carefully, as it has all the qualities to really attract a lot of attention.

A specific note to Mayor Potter of Portland: are these the type of people you wish to provide day labor centers for Mr. Mayor???]


Teen murder victim fought back

By Frank Lenzi

AM 860 KPAM, Aug 6, 2007, Updated 41 minutes ago (5 Reader comments)
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Courtesy of Clackamas County Sheriff's Office

Left: Alejandro Emeterio Rivera Gamboa. Right: Gilberto Javier Arellano Gamboa.
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Court documents are shedding more light on the murder of a 15-year-old Texas girl in a Milwaukie apartment last month. They show that the victim, Dani Jen’e Countryman, struggled with her alleged attackers and that a bloody shoe worn by one of the suspects matched an imprint left on her chest.

Two cousins, Alejandro Emeterio "Alex" Rivera Gamboa, 24, and Gilberto Javier Arellano-Gamboa, 23, are charged with aggravated murder in Countryman’s death. Countryman was found strangled on July 28th at the Balboa Apartments.

According to probable cause documents obtained by Fox 12, Rivera Gamboa said he woke up that morning to find his cousin on top of Countryman. As Countryman struggled, Arellano-Gamboa asked his cousin for help, deputies said.

The documents say Rivera admitted to stepping his foot on Countryman's throat until she stopped moving, Fox 12 reported. As detectives investigated the killing, they found blood on a shoe that matched the size of shoe worn by Rivera Gamboa, authorities said. The pattern of the shoe also matched an imprint on Countryman's upper chest, according to detectives.

The fact that two people were arrested for the killing and that Dani fought back did not come as a surprise to her grandmother, Sandra Wright. “I kinda felt there were maybe two people involved because I don’t think one could have held her,â€