Man’s throat brutally slashed in North Portland; suspect arrested

Police arrested a suspect after a man’s neck was sliced open in an alleged attack in North Portland on Sunday.

Christopher James Parkins, 39, faces attempted murder, assault and unlawful use of a weapon charges, according to court records. He is being held at the Multnomah County Detention Center.

The victim, who police have not publicly identified, stumbled into a Denny’s on North Center Avenue on Hayden Island, bleeding from his neck. Court records state that the “slash to the victim’s throat was so deep, his trachea was exposed.” The man underwent surgery; his current condition is not known…

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