FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Grand jury indicts Nancy Lee Crampton Brophy with murder with a firearm constituting domestic violence

Today, Multnomah County District Attorney Rod Underhill announced a single count indictment was filed charging Nancy Lee Crampton Brophy, 68, with one count of murder with a firearm constituting domestic violence.

The grand jury returned the true bill on September 13, 2018 and a signed copy of the indictment was filed on September 14, 2018 in Multnomah County Circuit Court.

The indictment alleges that on or about June 2, 2018, in Multnomah County, the defendant “did unlawfully and intentionally cause the death of Daniel Brophy.” It is further alleged in the indictment that during the commission of this felony, Crampton Brophy used and threatened the use of a firearm, a 9 mm pistol.  

Crampton Brophy is scheduled to be arraigned on the indictment on Monday September 17, 2018 at 9:30 a.m. PDT at the Multnomah County Justice Center, Courtroom 3 before Judge Jerry B. Hodson.

Crampton Brophy made her first court appearance on this case September 6, 2018 following her arrest by the Portland Police Bureau at her residence in the 3300 block of Southwest 108th Avenue in Beaverton, Oregon. Prior to her first court appearance, the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office petitioned the Court to seal the probable cause affidavit filed in this case.

Due to the ongoing nature of this criminal investigation, the affidavit remains sealed at this time. No additional comments can be made by the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office.

As previously stated by the Portland Police Bureau, this investigation began on Saturday, June 2, 2018, at 8:30 a.m., when officers responded to the report of a shooting with one person injured at the Oregon Culinary Institute, located at 1701 Southwest Jefferson Street. 

Officers and medical personnel arrived and located Mr. Brophy, 63, inside the building. Life-saving efforts were performed on Mr. Brophy but they were not successful. The Oregon State Medical Examiner’s Office determined Mr. Brophy died of homicidal violence as the result of gunshot injury. 

On September 7, 2018, this case was assigned to Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Kenneth J. Walker for all other judicial matters following Crampton Brophy’s arraignment. It is standard practice in Multnomah County for the Presiding Judge to assign homicide and other complex cases to a judge.

Copies of the indictment and any other publically available document filed in this matter can be obtained by searching the Oregon eCourt Case Information (OECI) system using case number 18CR59251.

Anyone who has knowledge of this incident should contact Detective Darren Posey at 503-823-0403 or Darren.Posey@portlandoregon.gov

An indictment is only an accusation of a crime, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

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Contact: Brent Weisberg, Communications Director

Phone: 503.988.6567

Email: Brent.Weisberg@mcda.us