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 ...

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.

The body of missing hiker Susan Lane-Fournier, 61, was discovered near Welches, Oregon, following a weeklong search. Authorities have ruled her death a homicide, and her husband, Michel Fournier, 71, has been charged with second-degree murder, according to the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office.

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.

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.

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.

The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office says a missing hiker was found dead after days she went missing in the Mt. Hood National Forest—and her estranged husband has been arrested for murder.

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.