An arrest has been made in connection to the physique of an 80-year-old lady present in a suitcase on Sauvie Island in Portland, OR. Particulars have additionally emerged about who the girl was and what her life was like earlier than she died.
In line with the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Workplace, the stays of Judy Hurley, also referred to as Judy Fivecoats, had been present in a suitcase on the banks of the Willamette River on Sauvie Island, on Feb. 17 this yr. Her explanation for loss of life was decided to be a murder. Michael Darwin Moody, 54, has been arrested and charged with the crime amid an ongoing investigation. Hurley’s Fivecoats alias has not to this point been defined.
Hurley was in a “fairly unhealthy spot” simply final yr
Nameless sources instructed Portland’s KOIN Moody and Hurley knew one another however the precise nature of their relationship is unclear. In line with Portland’s KPTV, Leslie Ortiz and Justin Misner say Hurley was in a “fairly unhealthy spot” once they purchased her home final yr, which might clarify the scenario.
“There have been individuals that will come to the home and basically use it as a base of operations to commit crimes,” Misner instructed the outlet, “equivalent to stealing automobiles and there have been instances of individuals squatting in the home that she didn’t learn about as a result of they had been squatting on the higher flooring and she or he was bedridden so there have been individuals residing in the home that she didn’t even know had been residing right here.”
After shopping for the home, Ortiz and Misner helped Hurley transfer from her house right into a retirement group and grew shut. “We helped her transfer out of this house and right into a retirement house in addition to serving to her with going to physician’s appointments and discovering take care of her,” Misner stated.
Misner added, “We grew actually hooked up. She would inform us that she cherished us and instructed us that she thought we had been household. She instructed us we had been the one ones that like truly helped her the final couple of years.”
However Moody left the retirement house for medical causes, although the place she went is unclear. Misner and Ortiz misplaced contact till they heard what had occurred to her. “No person deserves to go that manner no matter your historical past,” Ortiz stated.
“It’s laborious to listen to about any passing basically however to listen to how she handed is absolutely heartbreaking,” Misner added. I personally assume it might’ve been prevented. I imagine that she was only a actually sort person who simply acquired taken benefit of.”
Moody is presently charged with homicide and abuse of a corpse, and is scheduled to seem in court docket on March 3. Portland authorities are nonetheless looking for details about what could have occurred to her or the circumstances of her loss of life. Hurley’s precise explanation for loss of life has not been made public. The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Workplace urges anybody with details about this case to contact investigators at 503-988-0560, referencing case quantity 25-6042.
