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Police seek help to solve artist's killing in NE Portland
by Michael Russell, The Oregonian
Monday February 09, 2009, 9:40 PM
The Portland Police Bureau is asking for the public's help to solve the killing of a Northeast Portland glass artist nearly two months ago.
A neighbor found Howard Curtiss Olson, 67, dead Dec. 15 at his home in the 100 block of Northeast 143rd Ave. He apparently had been brutally beaten.
Olson, who went by Curtiss, was known for his glass art, especially kitty pins and smiling character faces with googly eyes. His works are on display in galleries, pediatric waiting rooms and private homes across the Northwest.
Some of Olson's work can be found at www.kittypins.com.
Anyone with information is asked to call detectives Steve Ober at 503-823-4033 or Jim McCausland at 503-823-0449.
Also, Crime Stoppers has offered a $1,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest. Call Crime Stoppers at 503-823-4357.
-- Michael Russell;
michaelrussell@news.oregonian.com
http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2009/02/police_seek_help_to_solve_arti.html
http://www.kittypins.com/
by Michael Russell, The Oregonian
Monday February 09, 2009, 9:40 PM
The Portland Police Bureau is asking for the public's help to solve the killing of a Northeast Portland glass artist nearly two months ago.
A neighbor found Howard Curtiss Olson, 67, dead Dec. 15 at his home in the 100 block of Northeast 143rd Ave. He apparently had been brutally beaten.
Olson, who went by Curtiss, was known for his glass art, especially kitty pins and smiling character faces with googly eyes. His works are on display in galleries, pediatric waiting rooms and private homes across the Northwest.
Some of Olson's work can be found at www.kittypins.com.
Anyone with information is asked to call detectives Steve Ober at 503-823-4033 or Jim McCausland at 503-823-0449.
Also, Crime Stoppers has offered a $1,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest. Call Crime Stoppers at 503-823-4357.
-- Michael Russell;
michaelrussell@news.oregonian.com
http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2009/02/police_seek_help_to_solve_arti.html
http://www.kittypins.com/