Camas man accused of threatening to kill his estranged wife

A Camas man with a history of reported mental illness is accused of calling 911 and saying he planned to kill his estranged wife before driving to her residence Nov. 8.

George Leon, 55, appeared Monday in Clark County Superior Court on an allegation of attempted first-degree murder. During the hearing, his court-appointed attorney raised concerns about his mental health. A judge on Nov. 13 ordered Leon to undergo a competency evaluation. He is being held without bail, court records show.

Leon is scheduled to be back in court Dec. 11.

According to court records, Leon called 911 at 2:21 p.m. Nov. 8 and said that his wife was holding their son hostage. During the call, Leon claimed that his son was killed. Leon was later transferred to the crisis hotline. Crisis told emergency dispatch that Leon was threatening to kill his wife and skin her. Leon then called dispatch back and said he was on his way to kill her and would call again when he got there.

Dispatch tracked Leon’s location using his phone. Vancouver police stopped Leon near his estranged wife’s apartment, court records state.

She told police that Leon, a Navy combat veteran, suffers from bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and manic episodes and that he had been in a manic episode for the past three weeks, according to court records.

Both Leon’s estranged wife and son requested a protection order and that Leon be outfitted with an ankle monitor because of his behavior and threats of violence. A domestic violence risk assessment found a threat score of 23, or extreme, according to court records.

Court records show that Leon was arrested in 2022 for violating a protection order granted to his estranged wife.