Lane County man accused of abuse of corpse

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Lane County man accused of abuse of corpse
by Stuart Tomlinson, The Oregonian
Thursday July 16, 2009, 4:48 PM


John D. Dawson

A Lane County man was arrested this morning after a grand jury indicted him on one count of second-degree abuse of a corpse.

Lt. Randy Smith of the Lane County Sheriff's Office said 47-year-old John D. Dawson was arrested without incident at his home in Marcola and booked into the Lane County Jail.

Smith said the partially decomposed body of 45-year-old Judy N. Hernandez was found Feb. 25 on BLM land on McGowan Creek Road.

The state medical examiner ruled the cause and manner of death as undetermined.

-- Stuart Tomlinson; [email protected]