Police have identified the victim in a SE Portland death, and upgraded the case to a homicide investigation.
The victim has been identified as Brian Vinge, 38, and the cause of death has been verified as a homicide.
The incident originally happened on March 13, at 3:33 a.m., when PPB officers responded to a welfare check call for a man lying in the street near the intersection of Southeast 141st Avenue and Southeast Harrison Street
Officers arrived at the scene and found the man, now identified as Vinge, deceased.
Southeast 141st Avenue was closed between Southeast Harrison Street and Southeast Division Street for several hours during the investigation
The Portland Police Homicide Unit is currently investigating, and anyone with information about the homicide is asked to contact Detective Calvin Goldring at Calvin.Goldring@police.portlandoregon.gov 503-823-0256 or Detective Travis Law at Travis.Law@police.portlandoregon.gov 503-823-0395 and reference case number 23-65602.