Homicide Investigation Underway In SW Bend (Photo) - 08/18/22

Date: August 18, 2022

Case #: 2022-00048864

Incident: Double Homicide

Date / Time of Incident: August 17, 2022 / 11:16 p.m. 

Location: 20000 block of Mount Faith Place, Bend 

Victims: Angela Alexus Pastorino, 18-year-old Bend resident
Alfredo P. Hernandez, 18-year-old Bend resident

In Custody: Wesley Abel Brady, 41-year-old Bend resident 
Pending Charges: Aggravated Murder – 1 count
Murder – 1 count 
Sodomy I – 1 count
Sex Abuse I – 1 count 
Abuse of a Corpse I – 1 count
Tampering with Evidence – 1 count
Strangulation - 1 count 

At 11:16 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 17, Bend Police were called to a home in the 20000 block of Mount Faith Place in Bend. The homeowner reported having found a dead body in the garage. When police arrived, they entered the home and found one of the victims dead in the garage of the home. They secured the scene until detectives could arrive. 

An initial investigation found that on Tuesday, Aug. 16, the victims and 41-year-old Wesley Abel Brady were doing work around the house for the homeowner. While drinking alcohol at the Mount Faith Place home later that evening, Hernandez and Brady got into a physical altercation, and Brady murdered both Pastorino and Hernandez. He then placed their bodies in the home’s garage before eventually traveling to a property in Christmas Valley. 

While police were at the scene, Brady arrived in the area of the home. He was detained and remains in custody.

The victims had been reported missing earlier in the day by a concerned family member. 

Bend Police applied for and received search warrants for the home on Mount Faith Place, two vehicles and the property in Christmas Valley. Those are being executed at this time. The Central Oregon Major Incident Team has been activated. The investigation is ongoing.