Patrick Lee Horath, 45, of Coquille was arrested Thursday night in the killing of Jayme Sue Austin, who went missing from her mother's Coquille house on Monday.
Coos County District Attorney R. Paul Frasier said that Horath was inconsistent in his first statement to officers when they were first investigating Austin's disappearance on Monday. They talked to him again Tuesday, and then again on Thursday.
View full sizeCoos County SheriffJayme AustinIt was after that third interview that he was arrested on a murder allegation. Later that night, officers discovered Austin's gravesite in a rugged, mountainous area off Middle Creek Road near Coquille, Frasier said.
He gave no details about what Horath told deputies.
The body of Austin is scheduled to be autopsied today, and Horath will be arraigned on Monday. He is currently being held in Coos County Jail without bail.
If convicted, he could face life in prison with a 25-year minimum.
Horath works at Farr's True Value Hardware in Coos Bay and is married to Jayme Austin's sister, Alyssa, 33.
The couple, who have two children, live in a house on a rural road in Coquille between Jayme Austin and the sisters' mother, Cindy Gisholt.
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