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Portland man gets 16.5-year prison sentence for murdering girlfriend

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) , A Portland man is going to prison for fatally harming his girlfriend.

Jon French, 35, received a 16.5-year prison sentence on Monday in connection with the death of Jeannie Enyeart.

She went missing in January 2024.

Jeannie Enyeart. (Photo via Portland Police Bureau)

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Investigators later discovered her body in the back seat of a wrecked car near Stevenson, Washington.

An autopsy determined she died as a result of homicide.

French had entered a plea of no contest to manslaughter and a guilty plea to abuse of a corpse.

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Following the sentencing, Enyeart’s sister said that regardless of the length of the prison term, the family will never have true justice because they will never see Jeannie again.

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