Fournier, 61, took a tragic turn after her body was found over the weekend in Welches, Oregon, an unincorporated community at the base of Mount Hood. Authorities have confirmed her death as a homicide,

Susan “Phoenix” Lane-Fournier, 61, and her two large Malinois-mix dogs were reported missing on Nov. 22. Authorities charged her husband, Michel Fournier, 71, with second-degree murder after her body was found on the side of a highway last Friday. The pups, Elrond and Elros, were nowhere in sight.

Fournier, an Oregon woman who was reported missing on Nov. 22 with her two dogs, has been arrested and booked on a charge of second-degree murder after his wife's body was discovered and identified this week.