Body of Oregon Nurse Recovered After Getting Caught in a Mudslide
Registered nurse Jennifer Moore, 50, had just finished the late shift at the hospital where she worked when she decided to go out to eat with her husband, Charles. They drove in separate cars just after 1:00 a.m. local time. It started to rain, and Charles said he was talking on the phone with his wife as they drove through the storm. When they reached Tumalt Creek in Dodson, he stopped to help his wife navigate the road, which was flooded with water.
According to an official press release, “Before she reached the location, while they were still on the phone, he [Charles] heard her scream and panic, and then he heard crashing sounds,” deputies said. “He says the phone disconnected.”
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Oregon sheriff’s deputies recovered the body of a 50-year-old woman a little more than a week after her car was caught in a landslide, the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Department confirmed Saturday.
Jennifer Moore, of Warrendale, was driving near Dodson, Ore., east of Portland along the Columbia River and the border with Washington, around 1 a.m. Jan. 13 when her SUV was swept away by the landslide, the department said in a news release.
Searchers estimated her vehicle was buried under about 15 feet of mud, rock and logs and a contractor hired by the sheriff’s department had to use a high-powered metal detector to find its exact location.
Deputies recover body of 50-year-old woman 10 days after she was caught in Columbia River Gorge landslide
Updated Jan 23, 2021;
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Multnomah County Sheriff’s deputies recovered the body of a 50-year-old woman Saturday after her car was swept away and buried by a landslide in the Columbia River Gorge earlier this month.
Jennifer Moore was driving her SUV as part of a caravan of cars of family members who were evacuating the Dodson and Warrendale areas at about 1:15 a.m. on Jan. 13. Authorities had advised residents of the area to leave their homes due to torrential rains that night that had increased the risk of flash floods and landslides.
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