Found Deceased OR - Milana Li, 13, gone from apartment, speaks Russian, struggles w/English, Beaverton, 8 May 2022 *16 yo Arrested*

[judithannegg]

I'm a local and live nearby. I used to live in an apartment complex in the very same vicinity Milana lived in, but not sure if it was the same one or not as there are quite a few in the area. Just giving everyone a glimpse of the area. I would say even though there are a number of apartment complexes, there are a lot of upper middle class homes in the area. Her apartment complex would be considered Murrayhill area, which has a very nice suburban feel to the area. Her body was found adjacent to Murrayhill, which we call Progress Ridge. Each of these areas has a very nice retail area, each with a pond and trails nearby, with beautiful, well maintained homes and apartments. IMO, I think she might have been murdered Sunday night at the park, but nobody found her until Tuesday because the weather was quite rainy on Sunday/Monday. The park is just basically a lot of walking paths with some tall grass, creeks, etc. throughout the area. Lots and lots of walkers, dog walking, joggers on a good day. It is nice to see a lot of local media coverage for this; unfortunately, I think it is because it is on the "nice" side of the Portland metro area.

 

[cvaldez1975]

horrible

 

[citizen_sleuth]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1524762715721326593

 

[SolveigtheSavage]

And here I wonder...did someone target her BECAUSE she's Russian and the current war?

 

[ChatteringBirds]

I also think it’s weird her mom last saw her on Sunday at 4pm but she didn’t report her missing until Monday at 1:10 pm.

Missing 13-year-old girl found dead under ‘suspicious’ circumstances, police say

Police said the girl was last seen at her apartment around 4 p.m. Sunday evening

www.nbc15.com

Could this also be due to by a language/cultural barrier on her mother/parents' part?

Do we know who she lived with?

 

[cvaldez1975]

And here I wonder...did someone target her BECAUSE she's Russian and the current war?

they would have to know her. shes asian appearing.

 

[abams]

they would have to know her. shes asian appearing.

I agree. If this was targeted, statistically it's someone close.

 

[SuziQ]

How far was her home to where she was found?

 

[SandyQLS]

“Currently, investigators do not believe there is a continued threat to our community.”

Those are usually code words for they have an idea of who the suspect is and it’s someone who knows the victim.

I agree with you. LE is immediately clear that this was homicide, too, and we have all seen them refuse to say anything whenever there is some doubt like vs suicide or OD or something. Someone hurt this girl - I am suspicious of the person who reported her as a runaway.

 

[modesty blaise]

Maybe the perp is one of the little male friends/acquaintances as we have seen often. However i'm thinking specifically of the young girl in fl, i cant remember her name but she was brutally stabbed by a teen boy.

 

[GuyfromCanada]

MAY 13

Milana Li left on one of her usual walks Sunday in the Southwest Beaverton neighborhood where she lived, but her family started worrying when the 13-year-old didn’t make it back to the apartment by her 8 p.m. curfew.

The Conestoga Middle School student loved going with friends to Starbucks or Jamba Juice at the Progress Ridge TownSquare shopping center nearby.

It was normal for her to walk for 30 minutes to an hour along the Westside Regional Trail to Barrows Park. She left about 4 p.m.

More at ‘She was just a kid’: Family, friends mourn Milana Li, missing 13-year-old Beaverton girl found dead

 

[JMapes]

How far was her home to where she was found?

Roughly 0.7 miles (1.12 km)

 

[citizen_sleuth]

MAY 13

Milana Li left on one of her usual walks Sunday in the Southwest Beaverton neighborhood where she lived, but her family started worrying when the 13-year-old didn’t make it back to the apartment by her 8 p.m. curfew.

The Conestoga Middle School student loved going with friends to Starbucks or Jamba Juice at the Progress Ridge TownSquare shopping center nearby.

It was normal for her to walk for 30 minutes to an hour along the Westside Regional Trail to Barrows Park. She left about 4 p.m.

More at ‘She was just a kid’: Family, friends mourn Milana Li, missing 13-year-old Beaverton girl found dead

Snipped from the above article & BBM:

The family moved to Beaverton three years ago from Pavlodar, a city in the northeast of Kazakhstan, near the Russia border.

Milana Li’s grandmother settled in the Portland area 20 years ago, and her father, AL, travels back and forth between the U.S. and Kazakhstan, where he runs a business. He flew home to Beaverton this week after news of his daughter’s death. The couple have two other children, 18-year-old N and 5 year-old A.

 

[PromotedPawn]

This is upsetting. If she regularly walked alone someone could have become familiar with her and she could've become familiar with them. It doesn't take long for a creep to pick up on vulnerability and recognize a pattern in her movements. A familiar face wouldn't have alerted her of any danger. RIP baby girl.

Moo

 

[citizen_sleuth]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1525243659259502592

 

[La Louve]

Suspect under 18 charged with murder in death of Milana Li, Beaverton police say

A suspect, who is under 18, has been charged with murder in connection with the death of 13-year-old Milana Li, according to Beaverton police. Beaverton police said on Friday a juvenile was charged with murder in the first degree. Police said investigators "received dozens of investigative tips...

katu.com

 

[citizen_sleuth]

A 16-year-old boy, DRG, has been charged with first degree murder. He has criminal history going back to 2020, and was charged with second degree arson when he and another juvenile tried to set a movie theater on fire.

Teen boy charged with first-degree murder in Beaverton girl’s killing

A 16-year-old boy was charged Friday with first-degree murder in the killing of a missing 13-year-old Beaverton girl found dead in a shallow stream earlier this month.

www.oregonlive.com

 

[azure]

A 16-year-old boy, DRG, has been charged with first degree murder. He has criminal history going back to 2020, and was charged with second degree arson when he and another juvenile tried to set a movie theater on fire.

Teen boy charged with first-degree murder in Beaverton girl’s killing

A 16-year-old boy was charged Friday with first-degree murder in the killing of a missing 13-year-old Beaverton girl found dead in a shallow stream earlier this month.

www.oregonlive.com

"The Washington County District Attorney’s office recommended that month that G be held in a detention center, saying he had twice run away from Harkins House, a temporary shelter in Hillsboro for minors with pending criminal cases.

The Washington County Juvenile Department recommended G be released to his family instead. Washington County Circuit Judge Michele Rini agreed, and G was sent to stay with his father and stepmother in Salem, according to Staten.

He ran away two weeks later, Staten said.

G's father emailed a Juvenile Department counselor April 4 that his son was likely staying in the Progress Ridge area of Beaverton, Staten said. Neither Beaverton police nor the Washington County District Attorney’s Office were notified by the Juvenile Department, he said."
This death could easily have been prevented if the Juvenile Department were doing its job.

 

[Laughing]

Growing very, very tired of the huge cracks in our nation's juvenile justice and mental health systems.

jmho ymmv lrr

 

[GoneGoldfishin']

Growing very, very tired of the huge cracks in our nation's juvenile justice and mental health systems.

jmho ymmv lrr

Are they still cracks when they are intentionally widened? We are quickly and deliberately going in the wrong direction. Moo.