PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland police have returned to a hill in northeast Portland in hopes of locating the body of a 14-year-old girl.
The Oregonian newspaper reports that earlier this week, lawyers for a 16-year-old boy charged with murder in the disappearance of Yashanee Vaughn met with a judge in a settlement conference. Prosecutors met afterward with the judge but refused to comment.
The 16-year-old, Parrish Bennette Jr., has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder with a firearm and first-degree manslaughter with a firearm. He is being held without bail.
Police spokesman Lt. Robert King said the search resumed Friday morning. KGW-TV reported 11 police cars and a forensics truck headed into the park at Rocky Butte about daybreak.
