THE DALLES, Ore. — A suspect has been arrested in Colorado after the remains of a woman who disappeared more than a year ago were found in a storage unit in Oregon.
The police department for The Dalles, located about 70 miles east of Portland along the Oregon-Washington border, posted the update on social media on Monday .
The department said its officers responded to the storage unit on July 29 after a caller reported "a suspicious circumstance." A special crimes team was called out, which included multiple agencies from the area. The Oregon State Police Crime Lab also responded.
They opened a storage box within the unit and found human remains inside. The remains were brought to the Oregon Medical Examiner’s Office and were identified as those of He Meihong, 39, who also went by Kik