On April 25, 2015, 42-year-old Samantha Ann Coffey was fatally shot inside her North Portland home on the 7900 block of North Kerby Avenue, across from Farragut City Park. Responding officers found her deceased from a gunshot wound to the upper neck. A handgun believed to be the murder weapon was recovered at the scene.

John Coffey, 57, Samantha’s husband, was arrested at the scene without incident and booked into the Multnomah County Jail on charges of murder and unlawful use of a weapon. He was later indicted by a grand jury and was awaiting trial; court filings from his defense suggested extreme intoxication and argued the shooting was not intentional.

Neighbors said the couple had lived in the small four-bedroom apartment building about 15 years. Samantha worked as a food services lead assistant at Woodlawn School, part of Portland Public Schools. Anyone with information about the case or the couple is asked to come forward.