PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) - The trial involving the murder of a 13-year-old girl whose body was found in a Portland-area park over two years ago has ended in the guilty verdict on Friday, according to court records.
Daniel Gore, the suspect in the death of Milana Li, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder, first-degree rape and first-degree sexual abuse. The now-18-year-old defendant was found guilty on all counts.
Li's mother reported her missing on May 9, 2022. The next day, the Beaverton Police Department found the teen's body in a stream while responding to a report of suspicious circumstances at Westside Linear Park -- about a half-mile away from her apartment.
The Oregon State Medical Examiner's Office later ruled Li's death a homicide.
Washington County announced that Gore had been charged with her murder nearly two weeks after the incident. Although Gore was 16 years old at the time of Li's death, a judge determined in July 2023 the juvenile would be tried as an adult.
According to court documents, Gore had been living alone in a tent in a wooded area near Beaverton's Progress Ridge shopping complex. Previously released court documents cited Gore's "obsession" with rapper 7xvn, "who wears a signature white mask with a hand-drawn smile and whose lyrics romanticize violent acts including murder and strangulation."