Man killed in floating home

UPDATE: Suspect charged in Sunday morning North Jantzen Avenue homicide

LocalNewsDaily.com, Apr 20, 2008, Updated Oct 30, 2009

Kyle David Graham / Portland Police Bureau

Portland police have arrested a 29-year-old man in the homicide of a 56-year-old man in a floating home.

Kyle Graham is charged with one count of murder in the death of Harlan Reep. Reep’s body was discovered inside his floating home in the 1600 block of North Jantzen Avenue early Sunday morning by officers.

Police said Monday that Reep was beaten and stabbed to death.

Graham was on the scene with a woman, both of whom were immediately detained. The woman was released and not charged with a crime.

Graham was booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center and will be arraigned Monday morning.

Police have determined that Graham and Reep are acquaintances and this is not a random act. Graham has a previous criminal history in the state of Washington and has a last known address in Vancouver.

The investigation began at 1:39 a.m. April 20 when Northeast Precinct officers responded to a call of a disturbance in the Jantzen Beach Moorage.

When they arrived, the officers found Reep’s body with signs of trauma inside one of the floating homes. Homicide detectives were called to conduct an investigation.

Graham and the woman were found inside the home when the officers arrived and detained. An autopsy will not be done until Monday at the earliest.

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