陪审团判定Chad Westover犯有二级谋杀罪,罪名是2024年非值班邮政工人Tristan Thomas被刺杀。 A jury convicted Chad Westover of second-degree murder in the 2024 stabbing death of off-duty postal worker Tristan Thomas.

克拉克马斯县陪审团判定 53 岁的查德·迈克尔·韦斯托弗 （Chad Michael Westover） 犯有二级谋杀罪和非法使用武器罪，罪名是 2024 年 9 月 21 日在希尔斯伯勒刺死下班邮政工作人员特里斯坦·托马斯 （Tristan Thomas）。 A Clackamas County jury has convicted 53-year-old Chad Michael Westover of second-degree murder and unlawful use of a weapon in the September 21, 2024, stabbing death of off-duty postal worker Tristan Thomas in Hillsboro. 袭击发生在Thomas与邻居Christopher Stewart发生争端之后。 当天晚上,Stewart、Westover和Stewart的十几岁女儿在他公寓外与Thomas对质, The attack followed a dispute between Thomas and a neighbor, Christopher Stewart, which escalated that night when Stewart, Westover, and Stewart’s teenage daughter confronted Thomas outside his apartment. 录像片段和911报警电话捕捉了Westover多次刺伤Thomas,导致他的颈动脉受四英寸致命伤。 Video footage and a 911 call captured Westover stabbing Thomas multiple times, resulting in a fatal 4-inch wound to his neck artery. Thomas于2024年10月3日死亡。 Thomas died on October 3, 2024. Westover逃离现场, 9月26日在俄勒冈市邮局被捕, 声称发生摩托车祸, Westover fled the scene, was arrested on September 26 at an Oregon City post office claiming a motorcycle crash, and remains jailed without bail. 他的堂兄Samantha Christensen因篡改证据而面临单独指控。 His cousin, Samantha Christensen, faces separate charges for evidence tampering. Westover的审判于2025年10月15日结束, 陪审团判他无罪, Westover’s trial concluded on October 15, 2025, with the jury acquitting him of evidence tampering. 他计划于11月17日被判刑。 He is scheduled to be sentenced on November 17.