In the late summer of 2015, the community of Hearthwood Village mobile home park in Clackamas, Oregon, was unsettled by a grim discovery. On the morning of September 2nd, the bodies of 49-year-old Brenda Jean Roe Schumacher, a female, and her fiancé, 53-year-old Lance Fisher, were found inside their residence. The couple, who had recently become engaged, were victims of a double homicide.
Investigators from the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office determined that Schumacher and Fisher had died as a result of homicidal violence. They believed the murders occurred sometime between the evening of August 28th and the day they were found. Friends and neighbors were left in shock and fear, as authorities initially had no suspects and could not determine if the attack was random or targeted. A friend noted that Brenda had seemed somewhat isolated recently and had been relieved of her duties as the manager of the mobile home park in late August, with a memo indicating she was moving.
In the days following the discovery, law enforcement appealed to the public for assistance, and Crime Stoppers of Oregon offered a reward for information that could lead to an arrest in the case. Detectives received and followed up on various tips, digging into the backgrounds of the victims in an effort to uncover a motive for the brutal killings. Despite their efforts, no arrests have been made, and no suspects have been publicly identified in the years since. The case officially remains open and unsolved, leaving a lingering sense of unease and a lack of closure for the families of Brenda Schumacher and Lance Fisher.
