The deceased man located Tuesday, October 18, 2018, on a bike path near Northeast 122nd Avenue and Northeast Siskiyou Street has been identified as 31-year-old Denorris L. McClendon of Portland.
Based on information gathered at this time in the investigation, there is not believed to be an immediate danger to the community in relation to this suspicious death investigation.
This remains an open investigation and there is no additional information to provide at this time.
Anyone with information about Denorris McClendon or this incident should contact the Portland Police Bureau Homicide Detail Detective Brad Clifton at 503-823-0696, Brad.Clifton@portlandoregon.gov or Detective Todd Gradwahl at 503-823-0991 or Todd.Gradwahl@portlandoregon.gov
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On Tuesday, October 16, 2018, at 7:23 a.m., North Precinct and East Precinct officers responded to the bike path near Northeast 122nd Ave and Northeast Siskiyou Street on the report of an injured person on the path.
Officers and emergency medical personnel arrived and located a man lying on the bike path. Emergency medical personnel determined the man was deceased. The deceased is believed to be an adult male. Officers noted that circumstances at the crime scene were suspicious-in-nature, so members of the Portland Police Bureau Detective Division's Homicide Detail have responded to the scene along with criminalists from the Forensic Evidence Division and the Medical Examiner.
The Medical Examiner will conduct an autopsy to determine the cause and manner of death as well as confirm the identity of the deceased.
Any interested media should stage at Northeast 122nd Avenue and Northeast Siskiyou Street. A representative for the Police Bureau is responding to the scene.
Anyone with information about this death should contact the Portland Police Bureau Detective Division's Homicide Detective at 503-823-0479
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