State attorneys are preparing to pay $6 million to the families of two women who were killed by a man released from custody with an ankle monitor that had been set up to fail.
The deaths of Gabriela Jimenez and Lenin Rosas Hernandez on Nov. 16, 2022 exposed a grave communication error between the Washington County Circuit Court’s pretrial release office and the GPS tracking vendor Vigilnet, according to depositions and emails released during litigation.
Oregon will now resolve several circuit court and federal lawsuits by paying the families $3 million each. Vigilnet has also reached a confidential settlement with the families…