By Caleb Campos —
A Portland man – released on bail thanks to a leftist group springing suspects from jail – strangled and stabbed to death his ex-girlfriend in front of their two children.
“The Portland Freedom Fund, thinking it knew better than law enforcement professionals, decided to bail him out,” senior prosecutor Melissa Marrero said at his sentencing hearing Tuesday. “It cost her her life.”
The Portland Freedom Fund was a Leftist project to help poor defendants who, it alleged, were discriminated against because of their inability to make bail. After Racheal Abraham’s death, the Fund apparently has shut down.
To heighten the ironic horror, Abraham pleaded with the court to not release her former boyfriend, after Mohamad Osman Adan, 36, strangled and punched her twice in the head while high on methamphetamine and cocaine in May 2022, a local newspaper reported.
“Statistics show that strangulation cases lead to homicide, I don’t want to be a victim,” Abraham said at court two months prior to her death.
But the judge disregarded her fears for her safety, releasing Adan under a no-contact order. He quickly found her, punched her and strangled her on June 23. “I should kill you!” he hissed, according to prosecutors. He was re-arrested.
Five days later Judge Benjamin Bushong again released Adan, this time with a GPS ankle monitor. Adan simply disabled and removed the ankle monitor. He went to Abraham’s home and beat her with prayer beads on Aug. 11.
Activists with the Portland Freedom Fund had posted 90% of his $20,000 bail, and he again found himself on the streets on Aug. 20. He did the same trick of disabling the ankle monitor and hunting down his ex.
At Abraham’s apartment, Adan savagely slashed her in the face and arms before strangling her to death. Abraham’s three children (two of whom were fathered by Adan) were watching as her mother was murdered, according to prosecutors.
Adan pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to life behind bars. He’ll be eligible for parole in 25 years.
