Scappoose Woman Stabbed To Death By Homeless Man She Provided With A Place To Shower

[Sugar Cookie]

A man is accused of killing the Scappoose woman who had been providing him with a place to clean up in an apparent episode of paranoid violence on Tuesday, according to witness statements detailed in court documents.

Derek Lee Welter, 40, faces charges of second-degree murder, first-degree assault and unlawful use of a weapon for the fatal stabbing of 34-year-old Rhiannon Amelia Meyer. Court documents indicate he was homeless, and Meyer would let him shower and do laundry at her home.

Meyer's friends described her as a vibrant person, who did everything she could to be good to others.

"She was an amazing spirit; she'd give you the shirt off of her back. Anything, for anybody, at any time," said Brandy Shult, a friend of Meyer who'd known her for 12 years. "She enjoyed life, she enjoyed her family, her friends, and she did whatever she could for anybody."

Rhiannon Meyer leaves behind a daughter. Her friends describe her as a wonderful mother.

"I feel horrible for her family," Shult said. "Her mom's amazing, her aunt's amazing, all of her friends and family are amazing, and I feel really badly for her little girl."

Scappoose woman fatally stabbed by man was providing him with a place to shower, court docs say

Rhiannon Meyer's friends described her as a vibrant person, who did everything she could to be good to others.

www.wfmynews2.com

 

[Freyja]

This lady wanted to give him the comfort of a shower so he could feel like a human being again and this is how he rewards her?

 

[Crazy Cat Lady]

No good deed goes unpunished.

 

[Future_Milf]

I feel so bad for her. Christ, just the idea of someone who hasn't bathed in weeks washing it off in my rental space, I just fucking can't.

 

[DaveL]

 

[thuumpr]

Rhiannon was enjoying the season by trying to spread Christmas cheer and this is how you treat her?

Waiting to see what your defense is.

 

[Angiebla]

"According to the affidavit, Debra explained that Welter was homeless, and Rhiannon had been letting him shower and do laundry at her house. But when he came over on Tuesday, Welter was "acting weird" and couldn't form complete sentences. Welter's mother had been there earlier as well, but she left because she was "afraid of him."
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Debra said that Welter seemed paranoid and may have been using methamphetamine. While she hadn't seen him use the drug, she told police that he'd used it in the past."


So the mom left her daughter with the guy thats acting scary?

 

[BuffettGirl]

So the mom left her daughter with the guy thats acting scary?

It was his mother, not hers. But why would she leave Meyers alone to deal with HER son?

 

[Angiebla]

It was his mother, not hers. But why would she leave Meyers alone to deal with HER son?

I misread. Why would his mom be there? Is she homeless too?

 

[BuffettGirl]

I misread. Why would his mom be there? Is she homeless too?

I just read a local story on the subject. Both his mother AND her mother were involved. His mother left because he was acting weird and then her mother found her stabbed and bleeding out. How tragic! Here's the local article on it that I read.

Scappoose woman fatally stabbed by man was providing him with a place to shower, court docs say

Rhiannon Meyer's friends described her as a vibrant person, who did everything she could to be good to others.

www.kgw.com

 

[Symmachus]

Tragic that she died from a man she was kind to.

One thing I wonder about is how they got acquainted, and what led her to deciding to allow this man to use her facilities.

While I absolutely and unreservedly support someone being kind to others, kindness is not something to be wielded with perhaps reckless abandon. And when it comes to homeless people, they are especially unpredictable. When you deal with a homeless person, you don't know whether (s)he is a decent person going through a rough patch but is, aside from the shelter issue, otherwise well adjusted and has a bright future; or a mentally compromised person who is incompetent, messy, disrespectful, threatening, brutish, and/or extremes of perhaps all five qualities. Too many homeless people, unfortunately, fall under the latter description, and that is why showing this level of compassion to a homeless person comes with exceptional risk. A lot of people end up like this because of being severely societally incompatible.

My attitude toward societal crises such as homelessness is that I cannot step in and try to solve the personal issue for them. I have my own and my family's issues, and that is enough for me and my family. Because doing so in an in-depth way could risk exacerbating our own issues. If I were to address the issue of homelessness among my family, it would be to teach and encourage them to take care of themselves, have a good work ethic, and ingrain the ability to help and fund themselves from ever having the fate of homelessness.

Modern homelessness is a spooky world and unfortunate societal condition; and while I have had some good interactions with people of this plight; I cannot ignore the interactions I have had that have made me feel drained, angry, used, dismayed, alarmed, and even harassed. I want them to be treated with respect person to person best as possible, yes; but most of us are not equipped nor reasonably expected to solve or ameliorate their problems for them.

 

[Sejanus]

Her final thoughts must have been disbelief and horrible pain.
There is no death brutal enough for him.
Doesn't mean we shouldn't try.