A body found in the Welches area Friday was identified by authorities as a 61-year-old woman initially believed to have gone missing while hiking in the Mt. Hood area.

Fournier, 61, took a tragic turn after her body was found over the weekend in Welches, Oregon, an unincorporated community at the base of Mount Hood.

The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a deceased individual in the Welches area last Friday, Nov. 29. The victim was identified as Susan Lane-Fournier. The sheriff's office said she had been missing since Nov. 22, "after failing ...

The Welches man accused of murdering his wife last week is due in court in Clackamas County on Monday afternoon.According to officials, Michel Fournier is bein

A man is facing a second-degree murder charge a week after his wife, who filed for divorce in Clackamas County recently, was reported missing.

Michel Fournier, 71, was arrested for murder nearly a month after his wife, Susan Lane-Fournier, filed for divorce. Lane-Fournier went missing last week.

On Friday morning, November 29, the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office was called to Welches on the report of a body being found off of East Miller Road.

Michel Fournier has been charged with murder after his estranged wife, Susan Lane-Fournier, was found dead in the Oregon wilderness a week after she went missing.

Fournier’s death as a homicide after her body was discovered near a highway. Police arrested her husband, Michel Fournier, and charged him with second-degree murder. KGW’s Celine Stevens reports.

Authorities in Oregon have confirmed the death of 61-year-old Susan Lane-Fournier, whose body was discovered in the Mt. Hood National Forest after she was reported missing last week.