Man arrested on murder charge after wife found dead in Oregon wilderness following widespread search

Police have arrested and charged a man with the murder of his wife, whose body was found in a remote part of Oregon on Friday, seven days after she went missing after going hiking with her two dogs.

Police have arrested and charged a man with the murder of his wife, whose body was found in a remote part of Oregon on Friday, seven days after she went missing after going hiking with her two dogs.

The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office said that on Saturday its deputies arrested Michel Fournier, 71, with the murder of Susan Lane-Fournier, 61. He is being held in a county jail with no bail on a charge of second-degree murder.

The body of Lane-Fournier — who went by the name "Phoenix" — was found on Friday in remote wilderness of Welches, an unincorporated community at the foot of Mount Hood, east of Portland. An autopsy conducted Saturday concluded the cause of death was homicide.

Susan Lane-Fournier.Clackamas County SheriffThe discovery was only made after more than 800 search hours involving dozens of officers, K9s and volunteers scouring more than 100 miles of trail. Her two Malinois-mix dogs have also separately been found dead, the sheriff's office said.

Lane-Fournier was first reported missing when she failed to show up for work in a local shop on Nov. 22. The next day, a member of the public spotted her white 1992 Ford F-250 parked near East Salmon River Road.

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