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A stock photo that police put out of the type of vehicle that a Washington homicide suspect was last seen driving: a gold four-door 2001 Ford Focus.

(Portland Police Bureau)

Portland police were involved in a high-speed chase of a Washington murder suspect early Wednesday, but pulled back after the suspect started swerving into traffic on Southwest Barbur Boulevard, they said.

About 1:15 a.m., Central Precinct officers spotted the suspect's car, a gold 2001 four-door Ford Focus, at Southeast Ninth Avenue and Powell Boulevard.

David Kalac, wanted on a murder allegation in Kitsap County

Police had received information that the car was tied to David Kalac, 33, who is wanted in connection with a homicide Tuesday in Washington's Kitsap County.

The car belonged to Kalac's alleged victim, Amber Lynn Schraw, 30, who was found dead in her Port Orchard, Wash., home after Kalac allegedly posted photos of her strangled body on the imageboard 4chan.

Portland officers tried to do a traffic stop of the car but the driver sped off.

Police chased it across the Ross Island Bridge and south on Barbur Boulevard until a sergeant stopped the pursuit about Southwest 30th Avenue because the car was swerving into oncoming traffic.

The car was last seen speeding south on Barbur Boulevard passing Taylors Ferry Road.

"Based on the available information, officers believe the homicide suspect was driving the vehicle,'' bureau spokesman Sgt. Pete Simpson said in a news release.

Kalac is described as a 6-feet-2-inches tall, 220 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. Kitsap County has a warrant for his arrest on an allegation of second-degree murder.

The suspect vehicle is a gold 2001 Ford Focus 4-door, with Washington plates 495-YLY.



Kalac is believed to be armed and dangerous, police said.



Police say anyone who sees the car or Kalac shouldn't approach him, but to immediately call 911.

--Maxine Bernstein