Salem woman charged with killing the father of her children at Woodmansee Park
A 29-year-old Salem woman was arrested and charged with first- and second-degree murder in the death Saturday morning of her former partner during a custody argument in the parking lot of Woodmansee Park, Salem Police said Sunday.
Branda Myshelle Myers, 29, and Vince Edward Fouts, 38, also of Salem, were attempting to resolve a custody dispute when the argument escalated, police said in a release.
"Myers used her vehicle to run over Fouts several times," the release said. Witnesses directed officers responding to a report of a hit and run collision at about 9:15 a.m. to Fouts and Myers.
Myers was booked into the Marion County Jail on Saturday night and is scheduled to be arraigned Monday afternoon.
The police press release said Meyers and Fouts were former spouses. Fouts family members told the Statesman Journal the pair had never married.
Woodmansee Park was closed for about seven hours Saturday while detectives investigated. It reopened a little after 4 p.m.
Cherrill Crosby is the executive editor of the Statesman Journal. You may reach her at crosbyc@statesmanjournal.com
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