D E O N T A E		Was Murder The Case? Is A Coverup In Place? YOU Be The Judge!
	He Didn't Have To Die
	"THE UNTOLD STORY"

My name is Joe ”Bean” Keller and On Feb. 28th 1996 (approximately 1:35am) my son Deontae Joseph Keller was shot in the back and killed by Portland Ore. Police Officer Terry Kruger as he fled a vehicle in which he was driving when they pulled him over. It was alleged that the vehicle he was driving had been involved in a drive by shooting earlier that day and he jumped out of the car and pulled out a gun and posed a threat to officers and to the public. Throughout this presentation and website you will find evidence and facts that truly contradict what was presented to the media, the public and the grand jury, and if it had been presented there would not have been a justifiable homicide verdict presented by the grand jury or any other court. What you will read, see and hear will show there is the possibility of a conspiracy and a cover up of the truth about the shooting. The documents that will be presented are all public records.

You will find as heard on the site opening, conflicting statements from officer Kruger’s partner Mike Lee, what was said to the police dispatcher at the time of the stop and what was told under oath to the Grand Jury and the District Attorney.

You will not hear any report of a SHOT FIRED, (audio) between officers or dispatcher at the time of the shooting or throughout the search for Deontae.

You will see that at the time the police dog and officers found Deontae lying in a backyard he was still breathing. He was then handcuffed; this was approximately 2:00 am. Then you will see reports that the Portland Bureau Of Fire, Rescue & Emergency Services were not contacted and dispatched until 2:20 am, they were only 6 blocks away. Emergency Services arrived on the scene at 2:23 am but did not have a chance to see or examine Deontae until 3:35 am when they pronounced him D.O A.

Why was medical assistance not allowed in upon arrival, they were at the scene for 70 minutes?

So how long did Deontae lie unattended and suffering while Police did not allow medical personnel to assist him? And WHO made that decision?

You will see on the Certification Of Death that Deontae was pronounced dead at 2:45am on 02/28/96.

You will see a gun that Deontae was alleged to have had, that was allegedly thrown over a 6 ft. fence, across a yard over 40 ft. wide, that hit a garage, dropped about 8 feet, and landed in a small garden of dirt. The gun was found by the police perfectly clean with no dust, dirt or a mound of dirt from impact, and was still cocked. This was after he was shot and seconds before he collapsed in the yard next door, and there were no latent prints found on the gun.

You will hear a conversation between an officer and the dispatcher about some 45-shell casings found at on N. Terry Street, that was different from the alleged drive by shooting that Deontae was to be alleged involved in on N. Michigan Street, this conversation occurred prior to him getting shot.

You will hear and see evidence that (5) shell casing were turned in by officers from an earlier drive by shooting, but (7) shells casings were turned in as evidence to the forensic lab by detective Dave Rubey.

You will see a red baseball cap located in front of the car next to the curb on the passenger side of the car even though nobody at the time the car was pulled over, was or had been in that location wearing a red cap. You will never hear or see any mention of a cap being worn or thrown by any officers or witnesses. So how did it get there and where did it come from?

You will see photos and police video of a box of 45 bullets in the front seat of the car, but they were never turned into forensics as evidence on 02/28/96 or 02/29/96 (leap year), probably because it appears that those same bullets were actually found on March 8th!

You will find police video that was recorded after 6:30 am (the morning of the shooting), 5 hours after Deontae was shot in the back and handcuffed that will show him still lying face down in the same location and still handcuffed.

You will find documents from the Medical Examiner’s Office that states “2/28/96-7:49 hrs (am) Returned to scene for removal of subject”. Why did they have to return and why were they not able to take body upon initial contact at scene and at what time was that?

You will see news reports from KGW Channel 8's former news reporter Shannon Brinnies (at this time she was the girlfriend of of former Portland Police Spokesperson C.W. Jensen) that shows her going on air live at the same time as Deontae's funeral saying that Mr. Keller said it was justifiable when the police shot his son. You will also see that this report was retracted and corrected, but by this time the damage was already done.

You will see that the vehicle that Deontae was driving was registered to and owned by one Robert Smith and was released to him by the city on March 14^th 1996. Mr. Smith is the same person alleged to been shot at in the drive by shooting.

You will find that Detonate did have in his underwear a small amount of white powder chunks equaling 0.75 grams, later found to be cocaine.

You will see that Detonate did not have a driver’s license at the time he was stopped, just an identification card.

You will see that, at time of death Deontae had no drugs in his system

You will see a letter addressed to Joe Keller from Attorney Daniel E. Russell, indicating how important it was for him to step aside as his attorney, dated April 22,1999 (A few months before time to go to trial), that Mr. Keller received on April 27^th, 1999 and did not agree upon.

You will see documents presented by Attorney Daniel E. Russell to the courts on April 28^th 1999 requesting that Judge Janice Stewart allows him to be withdraw as Mr. Keller’s representative.

You will a letter addressed to Mr. Russell from Judge Janice Stewart on May 6^th, 1999 acknowledging that she received a letter from Mr. Keller regarding Mr. Russell’s motion to withdraw. Along with the hand written letter Mr. Keller dropped off at Judge Stewart’s office the morning of April 28^th 1999.

You will not find evidence or testimonies that put Deontae at the scene of the alleged drive by shooting.

You will not find any evidence that links proof of Deontae’s fingerprints on the gun that he was alleged to have had.

You will find in Judge Janice Stewart’s FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS to the court, “The police recovered a loaded and cocked 45caliber semi-automatic pistol found next to Keller’s body in the yard.” even though all other documents place a gun in different location and yard. She also states in that same paragraph “Subsequently, Smith and Anderson separately identified Keller as the driver of the vehicle from which shots were fired at them in the drive-by shooting “ even though both Officer Terry Kruger (SHOOTER) and his partner Officer Mike Lee both stated in their taped and audio transcripts that the witness could not identify anyone that was in the car at time of drive-by shooting.

You will find judgment documents that were presented to Mr. Keller’s former Attorney Daniel E. Russell by the City Attorney dated June 3^rd 1999 (exhibit 5, page 1) signed by Mr. Russell and submitted by Deputy City Attorney J. Scott Moede (exhibit 5, page 5) to the U.S District Court on May 28^th, 1999, (exhibit 5, page 4). This was a month after the Judge Janice Steward dismissed Mr. Russell as Mr. Keller’s representative.

You will see documents filed with the courts from Mr. Keller’s former Attorney Daniel E. Russell that names Mr. Keller as Deontae’s brother and sole surviving relative, although he knew Mr. Keller was his father, Rhonda Henry was his mother, and that he had additional family members including his brother Demarcus and his sister Ivy who love him dearly and are still grieving his death, as well as a host of other relatives. This document was presented at the time he was not representing the case, so what up with that!

You will find information that Mr. Keller was rehired as a City Employee at Matt Dishman Community Center with a start date of Feb 18^th, 1999, which was on the same day Mr. Keller was deposed by the City Attorneys. You will see that Mr. Keller was dismissed soon thereafter. Mr. Keller was still considered an employee on paper and eligible for PERS benefits in August of 1999. Mr. Keller had been a prior part-time employee for the cities parks and recreation department from 1973 until 1992 when he was injured.

And, after all of that, the city filed a judgement in excess of $4,100.00 against him.