Michael Mayden, the Oregon father who allegedly gave drug-laced mango smoothies to three girls at a slumber party, attempted suicide in March, but the alleged victims’ families are now saying that he never did. I’m worried that it’s becoming even more dangerous.
“We are scared,” said a close relative of one of the three 12-year-old victims. The victim’s identity is being protected by authorities.
“He has nothing to lose. What’s keeping him from coming home? He’s a desperate man who’s lost everything and that’s what makes him so dangerous. is.”
Maiden, 57, was hospitalized in March after overdosing on the sedative drug lorazepam, according to court documents filed by Clackamas County Senior Deputy District Attorney Brian Block.
The victim’s family is horrified by the apparent suicide attempt and see Maiden’s desperate actions as a threat to the girls’ well-being. They asked the district attorney’s office to petition the court to force GPS monitoring on Maiden, who now lives in Washington state.
“This is an added level of security to let the victims know that Mr. Maiden is not approaching them,” Bullock argued to Circuit Court Judge Katherine Weber, who later approved the motion. .
Defense attorney Jeff Turnoy argued there was no reason to force GPS monitoring on Maiden, who claims he has a “stable relationship” with his ex-wife and estranged children. He is also said to be undergoing counseling.
Mr. Tarnoy did not respond to a message from The Post seeking comment.
After the incident in August 2023, Maiden’s wife, Yukiko Ishida, filed for divorce. Currently, she has custody of her two children. Her family home was sold.
Maiden faces multiple felonies stemming from a sleepover at his $1.3 million home in Lake Oswego, Oregon, on August 26 of last year.
Maiden’s 12-year-old daughter had three friends spending the night with her, according to a probable cause affidavit obtained by the newspaper. Authorities said Maiden served the girls mango smoothies, and two of them fell into a “deep, deep sleep.”
A third girl frantically texted her parents and friends after she started feeling unwell. In her heartbreaking message, she begged for someone to help her from her terrifying sleepover.
The girls’ families went to Maiden’s house in the middle of the night to pick up the girls. Police said the smoothie was laced with benzodiazepines, which are depressants that slow down the nervous system.
according to Lake Oswego Police Department StatementPolice later determined that Maiden was “responsible for the drugs found in the girls’ bloodstream.”
Maiden faces felony charges of causing another person to ingest a controlled substance and applying a controlled substance to another person’s body. He is free on $50,000 bail. His next court appearance is in June.
Authorities have not speculated about Maiden’s motives.
But relatives of the victims told the Post that the motive was not important. “I would say his motives were pure evil,” says a relative who did not want to be identified to protect his family.
“Can you give me one motive other than the most horrific one you’ve ever heard? You can’t. Anyone with half a brain knows he wanted to do something terrible.”
