Overview
- Police identified the victim as Krystal Lynne Pendergraph, 39, of Portland.
- Officers found her in a parked car after a welfare check shortly after 5 p.m. Saturday in the Alphabet District.
- The vehicle was along Northwest Kearney Street between 22nd and 23rd avenues, according to police.
- Her death is recorded as Portland’s 36th homicide of 2025, compared with 63 at this time last year.
- Kearney Street was closed for the investigation, and police ask anyone with information to contact homicidetips@police.portlandoregon.gov or 503-823-0479 and reference case 25-280342.