Annastasia Hester

Annastasia Hester was attacked inside her apartment on June 10, 2016. The 35-year-old Gresham resident called 911 shortly after 3 a.m. to report she'd been stabbed, but died later at the hospital.

(Handout courtesy of Gresham Police Department )

With no arrest in the week-old killing of a Gresham woman stabbed inside her apartment, police are seeking the public's help.

Annastasia Diane Hester, 35, died at a local hospital on June 10 after she called 911 at 3 a.m. to report the stabbing.

"She was able to communicate to 911 until police arrived, just barely,'' said Gresham Detective Brandon Crate.

Hester died of a stab wound to the torso, Crate said.

Hester lived in an apartment unit in the East Park Apartments off the Springwater Corridor, in the 100 block of Southwest Eastman Parkway.

Hester had worked as a floor supervisor for the waste management service Stericycle for the past six years, according to an obituary.

She was a Portland native who graduated from Gresham High School in 2000, moved to Corvallis to study childhood development before returning to Gresham to attend Mt. Hood Community College, according to an obituary. A divorced mother of a 4-year-old daughter, Hester also had worked at an after-school program for children called Champions and did jobs as a face painter.

A memorial service is scheduled Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Bateman Carroll Funeral Home in Gresham.

Gresham police, with help from Oregon State Police, said they've collected a "significant amount of evidence'' from Annastasia Hester's apartment in the 100 block of Southwest Eastman Parkway.

Gresham police, with help from Oregon State Police Forensic Unit, said they've collected a "significant amount of evidence'' from Hester's apartment. But they're asking neighborhood residents who might have private surveillance systems to contact police.

Areas of particular interest include: residential neighborhoods and businesses south of the 7th Street bridge, along Eastman Parkway from Powell Boulevard to Division Street; Powell Boulevard between 182nd Avenue and Hogan Drive; and Eastman Parkway from Division Street south along Southwest Towle Avenue to Butler Road.

While investigators already have canvassed surrounding areas for surveillance images, they just want to make sure they haven't missed anything, Crate said.

Detectives also would like to talk with anyone who might have been in the area of Southeast Powell Boulevard and Eastman Parkway around 3 a.m. on June 10.

With no arrest made, detectives are cautioning the public to remain vigilant and keep their doors and windows locked.

Crate said investigators haven't determined yet whether Hester knew her attacker, or if it was a stranger-on-stranger killing.

"We still haven't ruled that out,'' Crate said.

Police are awaiting state crime lab results on evidence from her apartment.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Gresham police tip line at 503-618-2719.

-- Maxine Bernstein

mbernstein@oregonian.com

503-221-8212

@maxoregonian