HAPPY VALLEY -- The FBI and local police were investigating a hate crime against an Asian-American family who recently moved into Happy Valley.
Sang Huynh and his family found a note on their house Monday that told them to leave.
"Last warning. We will burn your house down if we have to," it read.
Along with the note was a book of matches and bottle full of gasoline, said Clackamas County Sheriff's Office spokesman Det. Jim Strovink. The house had also been vandalized with spray-painted racial slurs, he said.
The Huynhs had been moving into the house over the weekend.
"The Federal Bureau of Investigation has been consulted by local investigators and has expressed a keen interest into this ongoing Clackamas County investigation," Strovink said.
Happy Valley Mayor Rob Wheeler called the hate crimes "totally unacceptable and disturbing."
"We have families from many ethnic backgrounds who have lived peacefully in Happy Valley for years without problems," Wheeler said. "This is clearly the work of a disturbed individual or misguided vandals."
Many calls and emails have come into city hall expressing outrage and sympathy, the mayor said. To respect the privacy of the family, others wishing to express their sentiments should write or come to city hall, 16000 SE Misty Drive.
Anyone with information was asked to call the sheriff's office at 503-723-4949. The case number is 10-26905.
