{"id":9708,"date":"2026-09-08T11:48:34","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T18:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcda.us\/?post_type=news&p=9708"},"modified":"2026-09-08T11:48:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T18:48:34","slug":"portland-man-found-guilty-in-connection-with-death-of-his-romantic-partner-and-moving-her-body-afterward","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.mcda.us\/index.php\/news\/portland-man-found-guilty-in-connection-with-death-of-his-romantic-partner-and-moving-her-body-afterward","title":{"rendered":"PORTLAND MAN FOUND GUILTY IN CONNECTION WITH DEATH OF HIS ROMANTIC PARTNER AND MOVING HER BODY AFTERWARD."},"content":{"rendered":"

CASE: 24CR06379\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 September 4, 2026<\/p>\n

Portland, OR-Jon Pharris Ray French, 35-years-old, today pleaded No Contest in Multnomah County Circuit Court to the charge of Manslaughter in the First Degree and Guilty to Abuse of a Corpse in the Second Degree.<\/p>\n

The pleas came in connection with the death of the defendant\u2019s romantic partner Jeannie Enyeart who disappeared in January of 2024.<\/p>\n

Multnomah County Chief Deputy District Attorney Todd Jackson and Deputy District Attorney Ryan Solomon handled the case for the state.<\/p>\n

The Multnomah County District Attorney\u2019s Office would like to thank the Portland Police Bureau\u2019s Homicide Detail and specifically Detectives Brent Christensen and Scott Broughton for their outstanding work on this case.<\/p>\n

The DA\u2019s Office would also like to recognize the work of MCDA Victim Advocates who\u00a0\u00a0provided care and support for the victim\u2019s family in this case.<\/p>\n

The Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n

On January 29, 2024 Jeannie Enyeart\u2019s son reported her missing to the Portland Police\u00a0<\/u>because he was worried he had not been able to reach her. He said it was quite unusual that he could not get through to her on her cell phone for such a long time.<\/p>\n

When police contacted the defendant, he claimed that he\u2019d seen the victim the day before and that her car should be in the driveway of the home they shared in Portland.<\/p>\n

Instead, the car had crashed into a snowbank on a rural road near the town of Stevenson in Washington State.<\/p>\n

An investigator contacted the Skamania County Sheriff\u2019s Office and learned that the car had been towed from the crash site\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>and that the defendant had been driving the vehicle when it crashed.\u00a0\u00a0Investigators searched\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>the car and found Ms. Enyeart\u2019s body in the backseat under a moving blanket and several other items. An autopsy revealed that the cause of death was blunt trauma to the neck. The manner of death was homicide.<\/p>\n

On February 5, 2024, police arrested Jon Pharris Ray French for the death of Jeannie Enyeart.<\/p>\n

Sentencing is set for September 14, 2026 at 10am in front of Judge Jenna Plank in courtroom 13B.<\/p>\n

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CASE: 24CR06379\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 September 4, 2026 Portland, OR-Jon Pharris Ray French, 35-years-old, today pleaded No Contest in Multnomah County Circuit Court to the charge of Manslaughter in the First Degree and Guilty to Abuse of a Corpse in the Second Degree. The pleas came in connection with the death of the defendant\u2019s romantic partner Jeannie Enyeart […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9708","news","type-news","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcda.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/9708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcda.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcda.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcda.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcda.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/9708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9709,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcda.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/9708\/revisions\/9709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcda.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}