The fantastic jury heard the lawsuit last Tuesday and Wednesday and returned the indictment Friday. Among those who testified was Jenny Kwon, Choi ’ s girlfriend. Choi, 33, died trying to stop an intruder from stabbing Kwon, according to police and court records. Coe, who lived in the same apartment building but didn ’ deoxythymidine monophosphate know Choi or Kwon, was arraigned Monday. A plea of not guilty was entered on his behalf by a court-appointed lawyer. Coe allegedly broke into the couple ’ south apartment in the early morning hours of Oct. 25. Kwon saw a trope flit toward the toilet and woke Choi who went to investigate, according to a probable campaign affidavit filed in Multnomah County Circuit Court. Coe allegedly stabbed Choi repeatedly, then headed for the bedroom and lunged at Kwon with a knife, according to the affidavit. A mortally wounded Choi “ came in and grabbed ” the attacker and pulled him aside from Kwon, the affidavit states. He fell to the floor and the killer then fled. Responding patrol found a green backpack on the floor in a communal room near Choi ’ s apartment. Inside, they found Social Security cards belonging to two people who besides lived in the complex. The two people told police their apartment had been burglarized 10 days earlier. Another resident of the complex called patrol to say that a man who lived in the complex, Coe, matched the description of the suspect released by police in Choi ’ s death. The attack took invest in the apartment located in the 300 auction block of Southeast 12th Avenue, which is in Portland ’ s Buckman vicinity. Choi was long-familiar for Choi ’ s Kimchi, which he founded with his mother. The two started the occupation using his mother ’ south kimchi recipe, growing from a Portland Farmers Market booth to a supermarket staple throughout the Northwest.
Court records released Monday shed fall on the circumstances of Coe ’ s confrontation with Milwaukie police on Oct. 31, closely one week after he allegedly killed Choi. Police were even investigating who killed Choi when Coe was arrested in a separate incident about a workweek later. The Clackamas County District Attorney ’ mho Office released police reports in the case in answer to a public records request from The Oregonian/OregonLive. On the dawn of Oct. 31, Coe stole a vehicle that was idling at a residence in Milwaukie, according to the report. Police stopped him a short time later. Coe told Milwaukie police he was in the first place from Maryland and moved to Oregon because of the cannabis “ motion, ” according to a police report submitted by Officer Lindsey Nold. He told Nold that his mother lives in North Carolina and that he struggled with low and mental health issues. He said he stole the car to provoke police into a deadly find, the reputation says. “ Don ’ t worry, you shooting me would have been justified, ” he said to Nold, according to the report. Coe told patrol he had “ contemplated killing himself many times ” and had considered “ jumping off his apartment construction ” but that he couldn ’ t “ bring himself to do it, ” according to Nold ’ randomness report. In a separate report prepared by Officer Eduardo Sanchez, Coe said he had intended to commit “ suicide by collar. ” “ Coe said he thought that the patrol would just shoot and kill him when he reached towards the alloy object in his pocket, ” Sanchez wrote. Police documented that they later found a objet d’art of steel in Coe ’ mho scoop that was cut into the shape of a heart.
— Noelle Crombie ; ncrombie @ oregonian.com ; 503-276-7184 ; @ noellecrombie