MAX attack victims remembered four years later May 27 2021
The mother of victim Taleisin Namkai-Mech urges choose love during vigil at the Hollywood Transit Center.
Four years ago on May 26, two passengers on a MAX train were killed and another critically wounded when Jeremy Christian took out a knife and stabbed them during an altercation near the Hollywood Transit Center.
A jury unanimously convicted Christian on all 12 counts in February 2020. Then in June, Judge Cheryl Albrecht sentenced the 38-year-old to two consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole for the murders of Taleisin Namkai-Meche and Ricky Best.
On this anniversary of the MAX attack, people gathered for a vigil and march at the Hollywood Transit Center.
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Jeremy Christian appeals his conviction for double murders on a Portland MAX train
Updated Dec 14, 2020;
Posted Dec 14, 2020
Jeremy Christian disrupted statements made by a victim during his sentencing hearing in June 2020. He was removed from the courtroom.Dave Killen/The Oregonian
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Convicted double murderer Jeremy Christian, who is now serving a “true life” sentence at an eastern Oregon prison, has appealed his case to the state Court of Appeals.
Christian gave notice to Multnomah County Circuit Court Dec. 2, more than five months after he was sentenced for the May 2017 first-degree murders and a hate-fueled crime spree.
No court documents have been filed yet that outline the grounds for Christian’s appeal or even whether Christian is simply appealing his conviction, his life sentence or both.