Portland cold case detectives have accused a 28-year-old man with a rap sheet in the murder of an Oregon court-appointed defense attorney a decade ago. Christopher Williamson, of Tualatin, a Portland suburb, has been charged with strangling 57-year-old Portland public defender Nancy Bergeson in her home in 2009, the Oregonian reported Saturday. FINGERPRINT LINKS 1993 COLD-CASE RAPE TO TENNESSEE MAN, OFFICIALS SAYA police crime lab examined DNA evidence from the slaying after the case was assigned to the Portland police department’s Cold Case Homicide Unit in 2012, the paper reported. BARBIE DOLL LEFT ON GRAVE COULD PROVIDE CLUES TO SOLVE COLD CASE RAPE, MURDER OF 6-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN UTAHCops arrested Williamson in 2015 on a charge of punching his father, the Oregonian reported. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPWilliamson, who faces one count of murder, is due to appear in court Tuesday for an arraignment.

Source: Fox News January 20, 2019 16:41 UTC