A MISSING mother of three's corpse has been discovered after it was dumped outside an abandoned barn.
The body of JoAnna Speaks, 32, was found earlier this month in rural Ridgefield, Washington – 20 miles north of Portland, Oregon.
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Police are investigating the Oregon woman's death as a homicide, local NBC News affiliate KGW-TV reported.
They believe her body was moved to the barn after she died from blunt force trauma at a different location.
Speaks left behind three children – a seven-year old girl and two boys, 12 and 13.
She lost contact with her family in March. Relatives said the mother had been struggling with addiction on and off for years.
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Speaks' family has started a GoFundMe to help pay for her funeral expenses.
"Her children have made it clear that they would like to keep a piece of her with them, but also have a place to visit where her name and life will be engraved and never forgotten," the campaign's website said.
"We're hoping that we can at least give them that."
The GoFundMe has reached $4,550 of its $5,000 goal.
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More than two weeks after Speaks' body was found, her family and friends haven't slowed down their quest for answers.
They've printed up 500 flyers which they'll be distributing around the Portland area.
"We are really hoping that getting JoAnna’s name and face out there as much we can will stir up some conversation," her older sister Robyn Speaks said in a Facebook post over the weekend.
"We want to know the person who did this has been identified and will be brought to justice," she said.
"We want to know who took our sister."
Hamby posted a similar message posted to her account.
"We will find them," she said.
"We won’t give up."
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Police have not identified a suspect or motive in Speaks' death.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to call the Clark County Sheriff’s Office at (564) 397-2847.
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