Clark County detectives are asking for the public’s help in the investigation into the death of a transient woman.
A boater on the Columbia River found the body of a woman, later identified as Jessica Danielle Newton, 40, washed up on the western shoreline of Bachelor’s Island near Ridgefield on Jan. 2.
Clark County Sheriff’s Office major crimes detectives identified Newton as a transient from Portland.
Investigators said that Newton may have been the victim of homicidal violence that occurred sometime during the later weeks of December, according to the sheriff’s office.
