Police: Man arrested in Colorado a person of interest in Oregon human remains case

A man was arrested in Colorado by federal agents on Monday and is being held at the Larimer County Jail on a warrant for failure to register as a sex offender. But he’s also awaiting extradition to Oregon, where police are considering him a person of interest in a case regarding a dead woman’s remains.

A major crimes task force in the Oregon city of The Dalles, about 90 miles east of Portland, responded to a call about “suspicious circumstances” at a storage unit on July 29, The Dalles Police Department said in a statement on Monday. Officers opened a storage box inside a storage locker and found human remains.

The remains were later identified by the Oregon Medical Examiner’s Office as belonging to 39-year-old He “Kiki” Meihong, an Oregon resident originally from China. Police say her family has been notified of her death…

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