Clark County residents have likely seen ads on their TVs or social media pages calling on Clark County Prosecutor Tony Golik to re-open a 1989 murder case.
Pooneh Gray, the daughter of Eftekhar “Effie” Entezari, says she has information proving her father was wrongfully convicted in his estranged wife’s death.
Entezari was killed May 1, 1989, in the parking lot of her apartment complex at 11614 N.E. 49th St., Vancouver, according to a news release from the Portland-based Markowitz Herbold law firm, which represents the family’s estate.
Entezari’s husband, Mike Entezari, was convicted in her murder and sentenced to 25 years in prison. He was released after 16 years for good behavior. He maintained his innocence for the remainder of his life, the family said.
Gray said she has not heard from Golik or his office in response to her ads.
“He is aware that there are a number of problems with the conviction and my mom’s homicide,” Gray wrote in an email. “It is however his responsibility to pursue the truth and get justice for my mom.”
Golik told The Columbian this week that he was not ready to comment on the case. But he said his office has had multiple conversations with Gray’s lawyers over the years, including to facilitate the release of evidence to aid her in her investigation into her mother’s homicide.
Gray said advancements in testing technology now show her father’s gun did not kill her mother.
She previously offered a $250,000 reward for information about who else could’ve been responsible. But Gray and her attorneys have since named in a civil wrongful death lawsuit the man they say they’ve connected to DNA evidence left on the sweater her mother was wearing when she was killed.
The suit against Viktor Pell, now 86, and eight other unnamed defendants is scheduled to begin trial Oct. 28 in Clark County Superior Court, court records show.
