Homicide Victim Identified, Jan. 1

Coos Co. District Attorney R. Paul Fraser has released the name of the woman killed in a stabbing attack Monday night, Dec. 30th in North Bend. According to the DA, 58-year old Ramona Matthews died of multiple stab wounds at her home on the 2500 block of Ash St. The assailant was identified as her daughter 25-year old Alexis Marie Berquist. Berquist has been charged with Murder in the Second Degree and is in the Coos Co. Jail at Coquille. She is expected to appear before a judge on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020, at the Courthouse in Coquille.