Gresham Police Investigating A Suspicious Death As Homicide

Press release from the City of Gresham:

March 20, 2021

March 18, at 2:53 pm, Gresham Police received information about a deceased person at 16431 NE Glisan St. Officers arrived and found 58-year-old Gresham resident, Mark Lawrence Whitaker, deceased. His family has been notified.

43-year-old Lewis Monroe Phillips of Gresham was arrested and booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center on charges of Murder in the second degree and Abuse of a Corpse in the first degree.

No additional information is available at this time.

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