The survivor of a 2012 attack in a Portland park has been awarded $198 million in a civil lawsuit against her attacker, nearly 15 years after the attack and over a decade since the murder conviction.
Records from the 343rd District Court in San Patricio County show that a jury reached a verdict in Mary Kristene Chapa’s civil suit on March 11.
Mollie Olgin and Chapa were attacked on June 22, 2012, at Violet Andrews Park in Portland. The couple were bound, sexually assaulted and shot. The two were found by birdwatchers. Olgin, 19, died. Chapa survived, but suffered critical injuries…