Hazelynn Stomps said her husband was missing

**Dakota Valkyrie** · February 14th, 2009, 10:15 AM

Hazelynn Stomps and Gerald Stomps

Detectives arrested 55-year-old Hazelynn Stomps Thursday night and charged her with the murder and mutilation of her 60-year-old husband, Gerald.

The crimes may have taken place as early as Jan. 30, said Kristen Snowden, Multnomah County deputy district attorney.

Stomps faces charges of first-degree murder, abuse of a corpse and falsifying a police report, Snowden said.

The arrest resulted from the investigation by Multnomah County sheriff's deputies, which led to a grisly discovery on the Stomps' 14-acre property near Larch Mountain.

"Let me put it this way," Sheriff’s Deputy Paul “Mac” McRedmond said. "We do not have positive identification of the body, or the parts that were found."

Gerald Stomps has been known missing since Feb. 6, which is the day Stomps said they met with two men – one an acquaintance named Dave and another a stranger who was not identified – at the Gordon Creek Bridge to go fishing.

Stomps told sheriff’s deputies there was some sort of altercation, during which one of the men pulled a gun. Hazelynn Stomps claimed she was thrown off the bridge and injured, adding that it took her two hours to crawl back up to the road where a passerby called 9-1-1.

Hazelynn Stomps was treated for injuries at a local hospital, and gave investigators descriptions of two men, who detectives tried to track down.

Stomps claims her husband vanished following the strange confrontation. Stomps told police once she reached the road, there was no sign of the men or her husband, except for his red pickup.

Too many inconsistencies in Stomps’ report – and the discovery of human remains on the Stomps’ Larch Mountain property – led investigators to arrest Hazelynn.

http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news...96733652290200

Authorities had conducted searches in the area he disappeared. A sketch had been drawn up of the two men. Much effort had been put into this woman's tale.

**Jaded** · February 14th, 2009, 06:24 PM

I watched this whole thing unfold since day one. I'm anxiously awaiting a conclusion. I'm still wondering how she actually received her injuries.

**Dakota Valkyrie** · February 14th, 2009, 06:40 PM

She probably crossed her fingers and jumped off the bridge herself. Hubby was already dead so worst that could happen to her was a miscalculation and she died too.

**Jaded** · February 14th, 2009, 07:20 PM

And what makes the case even more fascinating is the fact that they are searching for 'parts.' Hmmmmm....secluded mountain property, wood chipper?

**Jaded** · February 14th, 2009, 10:30 PM

Video.....

http://www.kgw.com/video/video-index.html?nvid=332226

**Dakota Valkyrie** · February 21st, 2009, 10:31 PM

A 55-year-old Corbett woman pleaded not guilty to murder charges in a Multnomah County courtroom today.

Prosecutors allege that sometime between Jan. 30 and Feb. 6 - the day she told police that two men had thrown her off a bridge and abducted her husband - Hazelynn Stomps actually killed him, then mutilated and dismembered his corpse.

Stomps is accused of killing her 60-year-old husband, Gerald Stomps, cutting up his corpse and either burning it or burying it on the 14-acre tree farm they shared.
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In addition to the murder charge, Stomps was also arraigned on first-degree abuse of a corpse and initiating a false report.
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When asked how the 5-foot, 125-pound woman could manage to murder her 6-foot, 200-pound husband, Snowden said, "Well, no one said she used her hands." She did not elaborate.

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index...ed_and_di.html

**totallytoddler** · February 21st, 2009, 10:43 PM

Originally Posted by Dakota_Valkyrie

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index...ed_and_di.html

Oh for the love of God...what kind of person can do such a thing...she chopped him up????? How disgusting...I cant even imagine stabbing someone....the very thought makes me ill.....how vile and sick and no regard for human life ......and her own husband?????

Ya know...I have had some men treat me bad...real bad...never once did it cross my mind to kill them or chop them up. I just left them....who wants to be with a fucker? And who wants to be in jail for the rest of their life?
Just walk away.
Geez.

**michelle** · February 21st, 2009, 11:40 PM

She did crawl away...after she chopped him up. Sorry, it's really wrong, but struck me as hilarious.

**FlamingFox** · February 22nd, 2009, 02:58 AM

She looks like that lady from Scarey Movie. The one that was bed-ridden and the girl gave her a sponge bath using the piss in her bed pan.

**Jaded** · February 22nd, 2009, 03:47 AM

Ya know...I have had some men treat me bad...real bad...never once did it cross my mind to kill them or chop them up.

Really? I can't tell you how many times I have fantisized about a wood-chipper and a few ex's.

**Dakota Valkyrie** · January 26th, 2011, 08:02 PM

Hazelynn Stomps was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 25 years.

Multnomah County authorities say Stomps initially told an elaborate story about how her husband disappeared back in 2009. But authorities later found Jerry Stomps' blood on his own gun at the couple's Corbett home. They also say Jerry Stomps' bone fragments were found inside an incinerator.

The Stomps family spoke directly to the convicted killer in a Portland courtroom today.

"I am humiliated to be a Stomps and I shouldn't be," said Amy Stomps, Jerry's niece. "I shouldn't be embarrassed to be a part of the Stomps family but I am because of you."

"You took my dad from me. Someone I loved very much. Someone that meant a lot to me. And you stole him away," said Adam Stomps, Hazelynn Stomps' son. "For two years, you stayed with this story no matter how much we begged and pleaded with you to just tell us. And you have not once shown a shred of remorse. You are a monster."

Hazelynn Stomps arrived in the courtroom in a wheelchair. Deputies say she fell and hit her head in the jail holding tank.

http://www.kptv.com/news/26610045/detail.html

Deputy District Attorneys Kirsten Snowden and Annie Shoen questioned dozens of witnesses, including key investigators and family members, over the eight-day trial, which began Jan. 11. Among the most convincing evidence pointing toward Hazelynn Stomps' guilt were Jerry Stomps' revolver covered in his blood spatter, his burned bones discovered on the couple's East Haines Road property and a massive amount of hidden debt found under Hazelynn Stomps' name.
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Ever since Feb. 6, 2009, the day Hazelynn Stomps reported her husband missing, she has maintained the couple were victims of an attack, which left her with a broken hip and resulted in her husband's disappearance. But prosecutors argued Stomps had murdered her husband days before and was just planting evidence at the location where the couple were allegedly attacked. They said she fell and had to work her injury into a new story that would explain everything.

Stomps chose not to testify, and her lawyer, Randall Vogt, did not call any witnesses.

While Jerry Stomps' family said it was happy to get closure, Jason Stomps said the trial still left some loose ends to the case.

"It ended up having more questions than answers," he said. "I mean, we're no further along through this trial than the day all this happened."

Prosecutors were not able to prove definitively a motive for Jerry Stomps' murder but said finances were likely a key factor. Hazelynn Stomps was more than $50,000 in debt around the time she reported her husband missing, according to witnesses.

The next step is a military funeral for Jerry Stomps, a Vietnam War veteran, at Willamette National Cemetery, family members said. Stomps' remains, which were taken into evidence, have yet to be released.

http://www.oregonlive.com/gresham/in...tomps_gui.html