Captured! Man Accused of Murder And Rape Arrested In Hillsboro

Alex Ortiz, accused of murdering a man in Northeast Portland and sexually assaulting a woman nearby and another one in Hillsboro, is under arrested. He was captured late Friday night in Hillsboro.

Portland Police say that the 33-year-old Ortiz was arrested on the 700 block of Southeast Cedar Street in Hillsboro in a joint operation by Hillsboro Police, the Washington County Tactical Negotiation Team, and officers from Portland.

Police say that Ortiz killed Eleazar "Tony" Herrera Villegas, 59, who had had been discovered murdered in his apartment Monday on the 8399 block of Northeast Sandy near his Jack Russell terrier, Max.

Max was also dead.

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While investigating, detectives discovered that earlier in the day there had been a sexual assault in The Red Roof Inn near where Villegas had been killed. They developed information linking Ortiz to both the sexual assault and the murder.

They also discovered that he has been linked to a sexual assault in Hillsboro last month.

Ortiz was booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center for Aggravated Murder, two separate counts of Rape in the first degree, Aggravated Animal Abuse in the first degree, and an Oregon State Parole Violation.

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