The assault happened almost exactly five years ago, on April 7, 2013.
According to Multnomah County, Oregon Circuit Court documents, this was when a man named Jose Fernandez, also known as Guillermo Juarez, attempted to harm his girlfriend, Luz Guitron, in front of the couple’s young son.
A grand jury indicted the man for second-degree attempted assault for using “a dangerous weapon,” fourth-degree felony assault for committing the act in the presence of a minor child, reckless endangerment and harassment. His bail was set at $24,000.
Nearly five years later, the victim from this 2013 domestic violence assault case — 35-year-old Luz Guitron-Lopez, a Camas mother of three school-aged children known for her culinary skills and cheerful presence at the Camas Farmers Market and annual Hometown Holidays celebration — is dead, the victim of homicidal violence, and Fernandez/Juarez, identified by police as their main suspect in her murder, is missing.
A Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office report released nearly one week after Guitron-Lopez’s murder, on March 21, showed that the Camas woman died from “multiple sharp force injuries.”
Camas community members who knew the murdered woman expressed shock and sadness in the weeks following Guitron-Lopez’s death, with many saying they never realized she was involved in an abusive relationship.