Remains Identified as Missing Salem Man

Police say Leonardo Gonzalez has been indicted for the murder of Christopher Marcus Lampkin and a trial is currently scheduled to begin on November 5th in Marion County Circuit Court.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Subsequent DNA testing of human remains discovered in early September on a Yamhill County farm have been confirmed that the body was that of Christopher Marcus Lampkin.

Salem Police executed the search warrant at 16006 SW Oldsville Road in McMinnville as part of the ongoing investigation into Christopher Marcus Lampkin's murder.

Police say Leonardo Gonzalez has been indicted for the murder of Christopher Marcus Lampkin and a trial is currently scheduled to begin on November 5th in Marion County Circuit Court.

During the service of the search warrant, human remains were located and an autopsy was conducted at the Oregon State Medical Examiner's Office. The result of the autopsy initially determined that the humans remains were those of a male who died of homicidal violence, who has now been identified positively as Christopher Lampkin.

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Anonymous July 3, 2011 12:19 am (Pacific time)

Damn he was a part of my family yhat we will never get to see again tell we meet in heaven. Be thankful for everyone yu have before there gone..

leo l January 29, 2011 9:40 pm (Pacific time)

I was just at osp with lenardo "furely" he was not a bad guy lampkin just tryed to rip off the wrong guys and some times sh*t happens

Anonymous October 3, 2009 7:31 pm (Pacific time)

who is a homie hopper?

chrisstina April 19, 2009 2:41 pm (Pacific time)

how u like it now ur in prison for murder and ur wife out havinb babys by other people r u going to claim it as urs little cells and thinking of ur wife having sex maybe with ue homie shes a homie hopper an bring kids in this world think about that in a boring cell ha ha

me February 25, 2009 4:44 pm (Pacific time)

ur a down dirty crack heads that needs to learn a leason to all of u all that was a part of this. chris was a young boy trying to turn his life around and u ass holes took that from him and his family. im proud of his step father becouse you all would never be around.

me February 11, 2009 5:10 pm (Pacific time)

carlos why do u say ur brother is such a good person he is a piece of *%$# to me an every one in this world

christina chris aunt February 7, 2009 7:19 pm (Pacific time)

im glad i have freedom of speach. all u asses who think leonard didnt dp nothing wrong then u should be lock up with people who would do that to u.lifes a joke to u all but when it comes down to it all of u will pay christopher is in a better world but one dday he will meet up with us all and you all and that will be good times.are u all just stupid or crack heads,an the pig family on the farm what did u get out of it i hope chris spirit hount every one of u all an u cant sleep at night i pray that u all have a hard time to sleep at night rip my buddy chris ur mom an dad bro loves you very much

christina February 7, 2009 2:32 pm (Pacific time)

he is a murderer where is he then on a vacation he should pay for what he did to my nephew an ever one else how would u feel if they did that to ur family an if he innocent why did he agree to what he did every one will pay i feel for his son becouse he not going to no his dad and his mother becouse she didnt have a part of this but let me tell you something i hope to god u didnt have nothing to do with it becouse every one will be going to prison ur broyher is a sorry piece of garbage so take that with u every night did u see pic what they did to chris or was u there to leonardo was nothing an he still is nothing my family is mexican the should of took ur brother to mexico an took care of him there way all of u are crack head s&%t

christina January 30, 2009 3:20 pm (Pacific time)

chris is my nephew he is missed deepley. we will never have closer on this till every one pays for what the did to him. he enjoyed life so much camping with friends and he loved his family so much. rip sweet heart

cousin November 10, 2008 5:32 pm (Pacific time)

that is very sad that it had to happed this way but leonardo gonzalez was a good person...

Carlos Gonzalez November 5, 2008 9:05 pm (Pacific time)

My Brother Leonardo Gonzalez is not a Murderer he is innocent i belive him no matter what u people say

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