discovery of a 21-year-old woman's body on a remote, forested mountain gave a terrible answer to the family, friends and church members who worked so hard to find out what happened to her.
But it remained unclear Saturday what information led police to a neighbor and acquaintance who quickly emerged as a suspect in her death last week.Jonathan Holt, 24, of Gresham, a resident of the apartment complex where Whitney Heichel lived with her husband, was arrested for investigation of aggravated murder Friday night, about the same time her body was found on Larch Mountain, east of Gresham.
He was scheduled to be arraigned Monday in Clackamas County.
Police said autopsy results would not be released Saturday and sought to derail speculation that Holt's relationship with Heichel was anything more than as an acquaintance.
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frantic search is still underway after Whitney Heichel, 21, was reported missing by her husband Clint Heichel on Tuesday after she failed to turn up for her 7 a.m. shift at Starbucks in the Portland suburb of Gresham.
At a press conference on Thursday, her husband was hardly able to utter a word as he sobbed uncontrollably and her mother begged for her daughter's safe return.
Heichel's apartment is only five minutes away from the coffee shop where she works, leaving many wondering what could have happened in such a short amount of time.
Police have recently released this timeline of events they have been able to piece together since her disappearance:
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6:45 a.m.: Heichel left her apartment for work (a five minute commute).
7 a.m.: Heichel failed to arrive at Starbucks where she works.
9:56 a.m.: Clint Heichel, her husband, reports her missing to police.
12:30 p.m.: Detectives verify that Heichel's debit card was used at a local gas station close to her house at 9:14 a.m.
1 p.m.: Her car is found at a local Wal-Mart with the passenger side window smashed in.
Since then a major crimes team and 24 detectives along with a forensics team have continued searching for Heichel
On Thursday, just hours after the emotional press conference, what is thought to be Heichel's cell phone was found by children in some bushes outside an apartment complex just four miles from where Heichel's home.
Police have not confirmed if the cell phone is actually her but parents of one of the children who found the phone told local news station KATU that the phone had a screensaver with a picture of Heichel and text messages from her family asking if she was okay.
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