Nov 07 2008
Michael Patrick Carey Beaten to Death Outside of Oregon City Tavern-Arrests Made, Memorial Service Planned
Michael Patrick Carey, most say, was a good man, a good father, and just a regular guy. Halloween night, 2008, Michael Carey took his nine-year-old son trick-or-treating, then went to KC’s Midway Bar and Grill in Oregon City, Oregon with one of his friends. After a night of fun and friends, Michael Carey stood outside with his friend waiting for a ride. It seemed like an ordinary Friday night, except for the random people still in costume from Halloween.
Michael Carey’s life was cut short Halloween night, 2008, outside of KC’s Midway Bar and Grill in Oregon City, Oregon when three assailants attacked him and his friend, Patrick Hallinan. The three beat Michael Carey to death while his friend, who was on crutches with a broken leg, tried to fend them off. When they were done with Michael, they turned on his friend and beat him so bad that they broke his arm. After they left, Michael Carey’s friend performed CPR on him until paramedics came, even with a freshly broken arm and a strong beating. It was too late, Michael Patrick Carey died at age 38. Patrick was treated and released from the hospital.
*Michael with girlfriend Gina and their son Cameron.
Three men, James D. Stafford IV, 27, Charles L. Scoggins, 24, and Nathaniel K. Entriken, 23 on Wednesday, November 5th, 2008. All three are being accused of manslaughter and under investigation by a Clackamas County Grand Jury.
The Oregon City branch of Bank of the West has a memorial fund set up in Michael’s name, or donations can be made to his son, Cameron’s trust account.
Friends and family, who lovingly call him Mike, remember a man who was “his son’s best friend”, “made his mom proud of the neighborhood that she grew up in”, and “Mike was there for us when we called on him to help”.
A memorial service will be held at 3 P.M. on Friday, November 7th, 2008 at the Oregon City Evangelical Church at 1024 Linn Ave, Oregon City, Oregon, 97045. For more information, please contact the church at (503)656-8582.
*Photo complements of the family and KATU Portland.
