Gresham couple, accused of starving their children, face criminal charges
Updated Jan 19, 2021;
their two young children.
The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office said Mena Kamel, 33, and Marina Zaki, 28, are facing four counts of assault and 14 of criminal mistreatment. All of the accusations are linked to the parents failing to provide their children with food or adequate medical care.
The investigation began in late June
after police and medics came to their Gresham home to attend to one of the children, who had suffered a critical injury.
Court documents did not specify what kind of injury the child had or whether the parents caused the injury, but reports indicate that after the child was taken to the hospital for treatment,