VIA KPTV – Police have caught the suspect accused of stealing a wedding ring and a backpack from a man who was fatally stabbed on a MAX train in northeast Portland.
Homicide detectives released surveillance images and asked for the public’s help Thursday night tracking down the theft suspect. By 7 a.m. Friday, police reported that the suspect had been apprehended.
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The suspect’s name and details of his arrest were not immediately released, but the Portland Police Bureau on Twitter stated, “Great job Portland!”
Investigators said the man stole personal items from Ricky John Best. Police said Best, 53, and Taliesin Myrddin Namkai Meche, 23, were attacked and killed by Jeremy Joseph Christian at the Hollywood Transit Center on Friday.
Police said the theft suspect was caught by a surveillance camera leaving the MAX train carrying Best’s black backpack in his right hand.
The contents of the backpack included personal items important to the Best family, according to officers.
The suspect was carrying a second backpack in his left hand, but it is not known if that backpack waswas also stolen.