Editor’s note: The number of years stated in the headline has been corrected.
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A suspect was in court Thursday for the deaths of two Aloha High School students in 1974.
Court records show 65-year-old Steven Criss faces two counts of second-degree murder for the deaths of Peter Zito and Donald Bartron.
KOIN 6 covered the story of their deaths in 2017, including how the pair was shot and killed next to a car at the Oak Hills Recreation Center.
An 18-year-old with a criminal gun record was arrested at the time, but passed a lie-detector test and was set free — that suspect died 22 years ago.