Redmond man arrested in death of Tina Klein-Lewis

UPDATE:

The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office said late Friday it had made an arrest in the death of Tina Lynn Klein-Lewis.

Deputies responded to a call Friday to an area of Jordan Road and Highway 20. That’s a few miles west on Highway 20 from where Klein-Lewis’ body was found Tuesday.

The caller reported that there was a man on the property who was requesting paramedics. 

DCSO said responding deputies found evidence linking the man, a 22-year-old from Redmond, to the death of Klein-Lewis. That man was arrested and booked into the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Adult Jail on charges of 2nd degree murder, trespassing and burglary.

No other information, including why the man was asking for paramedics, was immediately available. 

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The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a woman near Sisters.

The woman was identified Friday as Tina Lynn Klein-Lewis, age 55. The sheriff’s office said she was found on a property on Cloverdale Rd. near Highway 20 between Sisters and Tumalo Tuesday night. 

The cause of death was unknown as of Friday afternoon, according to the sheriff’s office. The Oregon State Crime Lab, the medical examiner and the district attorney’s office are assisting in the investigation, DCSO said.

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