Oregon Dept. of Justice Staffer Found Dead

Colleague Placed on Leave

By NIGEL JAQUISS

A longtime Oregon Department of Justice employee named Paula Heusinkveld was found dead at her Salem home Wednesday, according to DOJ spokesman Jeff Manning. Heusinkveld, 51, joined DOJ in June of 1989 and worked as a management assistant in the trial division.

Details around the death are few, which caused the deceased woman's boss, Trial Division chief counsel Cheryl Pellegrini to send out the following email to DOJ staff late Thursday afternoon:


DOJ employee was placed on leave on Friday

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