Joanna Speaks murdered and found in Washington

A mother of three was found dead near an abandoned barn in Washington state on April 8. The Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office just released the victim’s identity — 32-year-old Joanna Speaks of Oregon.

The Ridgefield Police Department was called out to the abandoned barn just before 6 p.m. after someone called reporting a “deceased body.”

In their original press release, the Clark County Sheriff’s Office said the circumstances surrounding the deceased are “under investigation” — but in their latest release published last week — they confirm Speaks’ death has been ruled a homicide.

“There are indications the body was moved to this location,” investigators said in the release. “This is being investigated as a homicide and no further details regarding the circumstances of the body are being released at this time.”

Speaks’ family created a GoFundMe to raise money for funeral expenses. Her family confirmed Speaks is a mother of three — her children 13, 12 and 7 years old.

“Our family was blindsided by a call that would break us to pieces,” the GoFundMe post says. “Our heads are still reeling and we are at a loss for words.”

In an interview with KGW8, Speaks’ stepsister said the cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head and neck and “that’s all we know.”