Crime & Safety
Aloha Trailer Park Two Dead Is Murder-Suicide, Sheriff Says
The Washington County Sheriff's Office says that the two dead found in an Aloha Trailer Park over the weekend were a murder-suicide.
HILLSBORO, OR – The Washington County Sheriff says that the bodies found dead in Aloha Friday night were a mother and son. The cause of death was a murder suicide.
The sheriff says that 24-year-old David Gellings stabbed his 49-year-old mother, Lisa Gellings, before killing himself.
Their bodies were found Friday night inside a trailer at the Pine Ridge Mobile Home Park on the 6900 block of Southwest 195th Avenue.
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Deputies arrived at the park around 5:15 after a woman called 911 saying two people had been found "unresponsive" in the home.
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The sheriff says that David stabbed his mother to death before shooting and killing himself.
The investigation into what led to the incident is ongoing.
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