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Oregon woman gets prison for keeping dead son’s body in bedroom while collecting benefits
Oregon woman gets prison for keeping dead son’s body in bedroom while collecting benefits
Oregon woman gets prison for keeping dead son’s body in bedroom while collecting benefits

Published on: 08/19/2025

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Melissa Lappin is taken into custody in Washington County Circuit Court in Hillsboro on Tuesday, August 19, 2025.

A Beaverton woman who collected government benefits as the body of her dead son lay in a bedroom of her home for five months was sentenced Tuesday to four years and nine months in prison.

News Source : https://www.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/2025/08/oregon-woman-gets-prison-for-keeping-dead-sons-body-in-bedroom-while-collecting-benefits.html

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