Clackamas, OR: Wife Suspected In Clackamas Man's Killing

Autopsy Determines Man, 73, Died Of Gunshot Wound
POSTED: 12:34 pm PDT July 27, 2010
UPDATED: 2:38 pm PDT July 27, 2010


CLACKAMAS, Ore. -- A 70-year-old Clackamas woman was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of fatally shooting her husband, deputies said.
Sheriff's deputies said Carol Jean Schreiner surrendered to detectives at the Clackamas County Jail in Oregon City at about 10:25 a.m. She was arrested on suspicion of probable cause of murder, deputies said.
On Friday afternoon, deputies were called to the 8800 block of Southeast Shadow Brook Court to investigate a suspicious death. They found 73-year-old Richard Meisner Schreiner dead at the scene, according to the sheriff's office.
Deputies said an autopsy determined the man died of a gunshot wound.
Carol Jean Schreiner is scheduled for arraignment Wednesday at 3 p.m.
No bail has been set, deputies said.