Hillsboro, OR. — On November 6, 2025, a Washington County jury found Norberto Nestor Muniz Jr. guilty of murder and first-degree abuse of a corpse in the 2018 killing of Amy Low. The case was prosecuted by Senior Deputy District Attorney Chris Lewman and Deputy District Attorney Bryce Bissinger before Judge Andrew Erwin.
Muniz was originally convicted in 2022, but the Oregon Court of Appeals overturned the verdict and ordered a retrial.
The case began on November 17, 2018, when Beaverton Police responded to a home on SW Allen Boulevard after a report of suspicious circumstances. Officers discovered the body of Amy Low, who had been badly burned and was not positively identified until January 2019.
Investigators determined Low was beaten to death and later burned in a backyard fire pit. Muniz, who had recently been released from prison after serving a Measure 11 sentence for first-degree robbery, was arrested in May 2019 with the assistance of Portland Police.
The Beaverton Police Department, including Detectives Chad Opitz and Maggie Brown, and the Oregon State Police Forensic Unit were credited for their work in the investigation. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for November 10, 2025.
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