The attacks happened in the woods of North Portland, a Gresham park not far from a middle school, an abandoned warehouse near the Columbia Slough and a childhood bedroom.
Over just a year and a half in 2023 and 2024, four girls and one woman suffered at the hands of Damani J. Anderson. His youngest victim was 13 years old, the oldest just 18.
In all but one of the five episodes of sexual violence, Anderson had a gun in his hands and used the weapon to force compliance…