Oregon Man Allegedly Dumped Girlfriend’s Stays with Assist of His Teen Son

A person and his teenage son have been charged in reference to the demise of a lady in Oregon. 

On Thursday, Oct. 23, detectives from the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Workplace (CCSO) and the Oregon Metropolis Police Division arrested William Glen Blake, 56, for the alleged homicide of his girlfriend, Jennifer Ruth Stuart, 38, per a information launch shared by the CCSO on Friday, Oct. 24.

Blake has since been charged with homicide within the second diploma, abuse of a corpse, illegal use of a weapon and tampering with proof. He’s at the moment being held with out bail, per Clackamas County public information.

Authorities moreover arrested Blake’s 15-year-old son for his function in allegedly transferring Stuart’s stays, per the discharge. He was taken into custody on costs of abuse of a corpse and tampering with bodily proof. The teenager’s identify has not been launched by authorities right now.

Investigators imagine that Blake killed Stuart on Aug. 15 at their shared residence in Oregon Metropolis. Her physique was ultimately found on Sept. 1 in Mount Hood Nationwide Forest in Clackamas County.

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In an replace shared on Saturday, Oct. 25, the CCSO stated that investigators have additionally spoken to Blake’s 17-year-old son in relation to the alleged crime.

PEOPLE reached out to the CCSO and the Oregon Metropolis Police Division for touch upon Sunday, Oct. 26, however didn’t obtain a right away response.

“She was an excellent woman, however she’s in a greater place, I suppose,” Stuart’s good friend, Mike Chaney, informed native Fox affiliate KPTV. 

“After I came upon, it hit me in my abdomen, it harm. Why do we’ve to lose the nice ones when there are such a lot of dangerous individuals on the market?” he added.