Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Astoria, OR: Astoria man arrested after fiancé's death

ASTORIA, Ore. -- The fiancé of a 42-year-old Astoria woman was arrested for manslaughter after the woman died from injuries at a Portland hospital Sunday.
Around noon Sunday Astoria police found Evelyn M. Decker unresponsive at a home in the Emerald Heights neighborhood.
She was taken to Columbia Memorial then transferred to Legacy Emmanuel Hospital in Portland. Decker later died from her injuries.
Sunday afternoon, police arrested 39-year-old Christopher Scott Fitzhugh for assault. Pending news of Decker's death, the charge was upgraded to manslaughter.
Fitzhugh was taken to the Clatsop County Jail on $250,000 bail. The district attorney’s office said they believed it was domestic violence.

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