Swartout reported missing, found asleep on Portland porch
PORTLAND, Ore. - A Eugene woman recently acquitted of murder charges was reported missing in Portland early Saturday morning, police officials said.
Portland police said that the missing woman, 25-year-old Angelica Swartout, was found later in the day by a U.S. Postal Service worker. She was sleeping on the front porch of a northeast Portland home.
According to police, the incident started at around 3:30 A.M. Saturday, when Swartout and her friend left a downtown Portland bar and accepted a ride from a man driving a silver Prius.
The friend told police that she got out of the Prius at around 4 A.M. to look at a street sign, hoping to find the correct way to get to Swartout's home. She then said that the driver (described as a black man, in his late 30's), left the area with Swartout asleep in the back seat.
After an investigation, Police located Swartout sleeping on the porch of a northeast Portland home. She was taken to a local hospital to be examined for possible hypothermia.
Officials said that she did not appear to be injured or assaulted during the incident and told police she has no idea who gave her and her friend a ride.
Portland Police Bureau officials said accepting rides from strangers is something people should avoid and that people should only accept transportation from someone they know or legitimate taxi services.
Back in May, Swartout was acquitted after she faced aggravated murder charges after police accused her of dumping a newborn baby in the trash.
Alone in northeast Portland at 4am? She's lucky to be alive!
Hmmm, wondering why this is news and if she is a bum now. Actually, I don't give a darn at all.
Obviously this woman has some serious issues. Getting into a car with a total stranger while you are so drunk you can't hit your *** with both hands is asking to get murdered and dumped into a trash can like she did to her baby. Ironic justice?Â
Angelica Swartout is old news, no one cares to hear about her. Her binge drinking, passing out is just not news. This story will only cause her family more pain. She may have gotten away with murder despite her families efforts to give baby Lucas justice, but now its time to let the family heal and not try to create a story out of every stupid thing she does.
 @BrownEyesx5 I agree! Who really wants to hear about her every move these days? KVAL has some bad reporting going on these days...
Who really cares?Â
 @XLRG Seriously, no one cares.Â