Oregon deputies responding to a car crash found an injured male driver, and a deceased woman with a gunshot wound hidden inside the vehicle Monday.
According to Oregon Live, Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputies came upon the crash around 6:30 a.m., in the 10000 block of Corvallis Road in Independence, Oregon.
Tyler Andrew Holman, 39, lost control of the vehicle and rolled it along a rural road, according to police. He was taken to the hospital for medical treatment.Responding officers found the body of Holman’s former girlfriend, Ashley Jean Gandolfi, 35. Police said “circumstances at the scene suggested that she was not killed in the car accident.”
After an autopsy later in the week, the medical examiner confirmed that Gandolfi’s death was the result of a gunshot wound to the head, according to KEZI.
After Holman was released from the hospital on Thursday, he was taken into custody and charged with second-degree murder, tampering with evidence, and second-degree abuse of a corpse.
Salem police stated that Holman and Gandolfi “were previously in a romantic relationship,” as reported by Oregon Live.
Their 11-year relationship was turbulent, resulting in Holman’s arrest on assault charges in March 2024, according to KEZI. In that incident, Gandolfi reported that Holman had dislocated her shoulder by knocking her down and throwing an ice chest at her. The charges were dismissed in August due to a lack of evidence.
Holman was booked into the Marion County Jail as law enforcement continues its investigation.
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