PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Melissa Jubane is being remembered by friends and family at one of her favorite parks in Hillsboro, one year after her murder and disappearance.
“This was a woman with hobbies and interests and people that she loved. And her loss is deeply felt by us all,” said Ines, chairperson of the grassroots organization Gabriella Portland, who put on the memorial. “We held this vigil so that the community could come together and hear these stories together, to find out that we are not alone in our grief or our pain and our fear, and we can use this community to inspire action and change.”
On September 4, 2024, Jubane vanished. After she didn’t show up for her nursing job at Providence St. Vincent in Southwest Portland, a search commenced involving people from her social circle and even strangers.
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A memorial was held for Melissa Jubane at Amberglen Park in HIllsboro one year after she was murdered then went missing. September 7, 2025 (KOIN). -
A memorial was held for Melissa Jubane at Amberglen Park in HIllsboro one year after she was murdered then went missing. September 7, 2025 (KOIN). -
A memorial was held for Melissa Jubane at Amberglen Park in HIllsboro one year after she was murdered then went missing. September 7, 2025 (KOIN). -
A memorial was held for Melissa Jubane at Amberglen Park in HIllsboro one year after she was murdered then went missing. September 7, 2025 (KOIN). -
Melissa Marie Jubane, 32, was reported missing after she did not show up for work as a nurse at the Providence St. Vincent Medical Center on Wednesday, Sept. 4. (Beaverton Police Department) -
Melissa Jubane in an undated photo provided September 7, 2024 (Courtesy) -
Melissa Jubane with her husband. (Courtesy Llantero ohana) -
An undated photo of Melissa Jubane, whose remains were found days after she was reported missing. (Photo courtesy: Beaverton Police Department) -
Melissa Jubane and her husband Byan Llantero in Hawaii, August 2024 (Llantero Ohana via KHON) -
A large picture of Melissa Jubane was in place about an hour before a vigil for the slain nurse was held at Ridgewood View Park in Southwest Portland, September 9, 2024 (KOIN)
Law enforcement officials eventually found her remains on September 7, 2024. Beaverton police arrested her neighbor, Bryce Johnathan Schubert, alleging that he committed the murder. He now faces charges of first-degree murder, kidnapping and abuse of a corpse.
Though most details surrounding the case have remained sealed from the public, a court document filed by prosecutors claims Schubert had been “deliberately cruel” in his final moents of Jubane’s life.
Schubert is in jail and a trial is set for March 2026. There will be a hearing in the case on Friday.
“What we are hoping to see, is to see the community come together, at this next court hearing on September 12th, Friday at 2:30 p.m. at the Washington County Courthouse,” Ines said.
The last time Jubane was seen alive was at her Beaverton apartment, days after marrying her boyfriend of 10 years in Hawaii. The pair loved visiting Amberglen Park in Hillsboro, where the memorial was held Sunday.
Leanna Walczak has also put together a GoFundMe in hopes of raising enough money for a memorial bench at the park as part of a grassroots community effort.
Ariel Salk
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