Community Chat

[QVCalm]

I haven't found any updates about the death of this young wife and mother. Do any posters have news surrounding this mystery?

[MomOf4]

Her body was found today in her car. No details are being released but they are conducting an autopsy this afternoon. Foul play is not suspected as of yet.

[SydneyH]

I think they found her body 50 feet from the car and yesterday authorities were claiming there was nothing suspicious about her death.

[MomOf4]

On 8/6/2014 SydneyH said:

I think they found her body 50 feet from the car and yesterday authorities were claiming there was nothing suspicious about her death.

You are probably right Syd. I was only half listening to the story.

[lolakimono]

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Police have found the body of missing mother of two from Oregon and say there is no evidence of foul play.

Capt. Jeff Kosmicki of the Newberg-Dundee police says investigators were notified Tuesday that Jennifer Huston's SUV was found on a country road near Sheridan, about 25 miles southwest of Huston's home in Dundee.

Huston's body was found a short distance from the vehicle.

The 38-year-old woman disappeared July 24. She was last seen that day withdrawing a small amount of money from an ATM, fueling her SUV and buying Gatorade, trail mix and what police described as a nonlethal amount of sleeping pills.

[Marianne1]

I know that many are thinking suicide by sleeping pills (?? is that what people are thinking??) but why trail mix and money too?

Seems odd.

[wagnerdancer]

Its very odd. I read on article today where they were thinking she did not want anyone to find her. They said she deliberately turned off her cell phone. But why gas up the car? Why buy the trail mix? I feel so bad for her husband and especially those little boys. So sad.

[KLevineFan]

Yes, was finally ruled a suicide, she even left a note - just don't know why she had to go so far away from home to do it, & why?

DUNDEE, Ore. – A day after the body of missing Dundee mom Jennifer Huston was found on a remote Sheridan property, officials have ruled her death a suicide.

The Oregon State Medical Examiner's Office confirmed Huston died of asphyxiation and the manner of her death was listed as a suicide.

Her body was found around 40 yards from her SUV, and an empty box of sleeping pills and personal items were found inside the vehicle, according to Captain Jeff Kosmicki of Newberg-Dundee police.

A note to her family was also found in the SUV.

"Based on the totality of the evidence, detectives and the medical examiner have concluded that Jennifer had been deceased fairly close to the time she was reported missing," Kosmicki said.

Jennifer Huston, 38, had been missing since Thursday, July 24. She left home to run errands and seemed stressed out, according to her husband, Kallen Huston.

She had two boys, ages 2 and 6.

Huston's family issued the following statement following Jennifer's death:

Our hearts ache today.

We have lost our first born child. We have lost a wife and a mother.

We don't know what lead Jennifer to this dark place and to this end and perhaps never will understand this.

We are incredibly thankful to family, friends, community and media for their searching, supporting and getting the information out that lead to locating Jennifer's car and finding Jennifer.

Additionally, we are grateful for the support of those who took the time share their words of encouragement and prayers on FaceBook and helped fund the extensive search efforts.

This community really came together to support this effort as so many could relate to a mother of two small children and a husband desperately looking for his wife.

We also appreciate all the efforts of the Newberg-Dundee Police Department with support from other law enforcement agencies, on our behalf to find Jennifer.

Lastly I'd like to thank the media for the viral coverage to get the message out of our search for Jennifer. We appreciated the sensitivity to our desperate search for her.

At this time we are respectfully ask for privacy from the media for Kallen, the boys and our extended family and friends.

The family is making plans for a Celebration of Life.

The Hillside Church is accepting notes, cards and flowers on behalf of the Huston family. To share condolences, click here to email Pastor Zach Elliott.

[Qwackertoo]

Very sad. Thankfully she didn't want to take anyone else with her. Suicide is hardest on those left behind. Even worse are those who take those they care about with them when they leave this world.

[gazelle77]

All so sad.