Oregon Man Charged With Murdering His Wife Two Weeks After She Filed For a Divorce

The estranged husband of Susan Lane-Fournier has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder after deputies found her body near Welches in Clackamas County on Friday.

Michel Fournier (71) is in custody in the Clackamas County Jail. He was arrested on Friday after his wife’s body was found near Highway 26 and East Miller Road.

Susan Lane-Fournier Disappeared Two Weeks After Filing for a Divorce

Susan Lane-Fournier (61) disappeared on November 22, two weeks after filing for a divorce. There is still no trace of her two Malinois-mix dogs.

The Clackamas Sheriff’s Office was alerted to her disappearance by her employer, who reported that she had failed to attend a shift.

The following day, her car was spotted parked on E. Salmon River Road near the Mt. Hood National Forest. Authorities, believing she had gone hiking with her two dogs, launched a multi-agency search backed by two K-9 teams and more than two dozen ground searchers.

The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office is appealing to anyone with information about the whereabouts of Michael Fournier in the days before and after his wife’s disappearance or about the two missing dogs to contact their Tip Line at 503-723-4949 or by completing the online questionnaire at www.clackamas.us/sheriff/tip and quote the case number #24-024698.

The Sheriff’s office has confirmed that no bail has been set for Michel Fournier.

Court documents state that Susan Lane-Fournier gave ‘irreconcilable differences’ as the reason for her divorce action.