Police arrested a 29-year-old Clackamas man Wednesday evening in the bloody slashing death of a Damascus father of five.
Marcos Andres Pico was arrested by Clackamas County sheriff's deputies after a non-stop 18-hour investigation and booked into the Clackamas County Jail, where he will be held without bail. He is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday in Clackamas County Circuit Court on a charge of murder.
Police declined to say how Pico was acquainted with the victim, Jonathan David Waldorf, 34, or to release any additional details of their investigation.
However, court records show Pico is married to Waldorf's ex-wife, Stevanie Pico. Waldorf and Stevanie Pico divorced in 2007 and were involved in a custody dispute earlier this year.
Waldorf was found late Tuesday night in the driveway of his rental home in an upscale Damascus subdivision after neighbors were awakened by a girl screaming that her step-father had been attacked.
Neighbors Jeff and Anna Bateman raced outside to find Waldorf lying in a pool of blood, but still alive. They called 9-1-1 and stayed with him until police and firefighter-paramedics arrived. But Waldorf died soon afterward.
The Oregon State Medical Examiner's Office called Waldorf's death a homicide, saying he died of "incisive wounds to the neck."
Waldorf worked at Precision Castparts Corp.'s Johnson Creek Plant, company officials confirmed.
Sgt. James Rhodes, Clackamas County Sheriff's Office spokesman, said 10 detectives in the county's Homicide and Violent Crimes Unit worked on the investigation without a break, starting immediately after the attack was reported at 11 p.m. Tuesday until they arrested Pico in the Clackamas area shortly after 5 p.m. Wednesday.
Rhodes said deputies executed a search warrant at the place where Marcos Pico was staying and gathered evidence that provided cause to make an arrest. Rhodes declined to elaborate on the evidence seized by detectives.
Neighbors said Waldorf and his fiancee moved into the spacious, five-bedroom, 3 1/2-bath home in the 16300 block of Southeast Widgeon Court in May, bringing with them a total of seven children in their blended family.
Most neighbors in the subdivision said the family was outwardly friendly but mostly kept to themselves. The neighborhood, with its big houses and broad lots, conveys a sense of semirural gentility.
A woman who lives next door told The Oregonian she and her children were shaken by the violence. She said police awakened her early Wednesday morning, when she saw Waldorf's body lying in a pool of blood in the driveway. She said the body remained there until about 4:30 a.m., when it was removed.
Neighbors expressed sympathy for Waldorf's family.
"I really hope they're OK," said Anna Bateman. "It's really sad."
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