Elmer Edwin Hughes

In the summer of 2020, a tragedy unfolded in a Northeast Portland neighborhood, forever altering the lives of several families. On July 17th of that year, 45-year-old Elmer Edwin Hughes, a White male, was found deceased alongside two other individuals in the 2500 block of Northeast 122nd Avenue. His life, and those of his neighbors, were cut short in an act of violence that would later be described as a triple homicide.

The initial discovery launched an intensive investigation by the Port ...

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