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Laube murder suspect lived in Cedar Mill

Nicole Laube was stabbed to death in a parking lot at The Commons at Timber Creek, 12450 NW Barnes Rd, on August 19, 2014. Initially, authorities thought the murder was committed by someone known to the victim. Hundreds of tips came into the Washington County Sheriffs Office, but none of them led to a suspect. Some items that were found nearby may have been related to the killing. They are now being analyzed for forensic evidence.

On March 31, 2015, a seventeen-year-old was charged with the crime. Jaime Tinoco had been living with his parents in Evanbrook Apartments, 12425 NW Barnes Rd, across Barnes from The Commons.

Prior to that day last August, he had been arrested and convicted of burglary, meth possession and harassment, and a juvenile court judge sentenced him to probation on July 28. On September 13 last year, after the alleged attack on Laube, he was on a trip with other young offenders to a football game at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, supervised by Washington County Juvenile Department personnel. He went missing from the group, and several hours later he attacked and raped a woman near the stadium.

Jaime Tinoco was arraigned for the murder on April 2

He was found by Eugene police nearby with blood on his clothing and shoes, and was arrested and charged with first-degree rape, first-degree sex abuse, first-degree kidnapping and second-degree assault. Four days after his arrest in Eugene, Washington County detectives questioned him about the Laube murder. He was sentenced to 14 years in prison. The Oregonian reports, “After Tinoco was sentenced, a Eugene detective again questioned Tinoco about Laube’s death. The investigator received ‘significant information’ and he notified Washington County detectives right away, Washington County Sheriff spokesman Bob Ray said.”
Authorities now say that Tinoco had planned to rape her too, but she may have tried to fight him off when he stabbed her. She had been training as a body builder at a local gym. Tinoco was arrested and booked into the Washington County jail on April 1. He turned 18 on April 3, and will be charged as an adult.

He is the oldest of three children. He had been using drugs since the age of 12, and was known for meth benders lasting a week or more. His parents said they couldn’t control him, and he hadn’t been attending school since ninth grade.

Nicole Laube was 29 at the time of her death, living in Forest Grove with her husband and two young sons. She had just recently begun her job with the property managers at The Commons at Timber Creek, and had been posting flyers in the parking lot to remind tenants to renew their leases. She was able to describe her attacker to a nearby tenant, but she died before authorities arrived. Thousands attended a memorial service for her in late August.

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