This archive report was first published on 27 December 2019.
On December 19th, police responded to a 911 call from a house in Federal Way, Washington, where they found 85-year-old Beverly Jenne on her bed with an electrical cord wrapped around her neck and a gun next to her.
They also discovered the body of Janet Oyuga, who had been shot multiple times, and her sister Angela Oyuga, who was shot in the back and fighting for her life.
According to police, Beverly had lived in the house since 1979, but it was foreclosed in November 2019. The new owner allowed her to continue living there while it was being renovated, and Janet and Angela Oyuga had entered into a rent-to-own agreement with the new owner, allowing Beverly to stay until she found another place to live.
Police believe Beverly killed Janet and then lay in wait for Angela, shooting her as soon as she got home from work. Beverly then attempted to commit suicide, leaving a note in her car that read, "I think she was getting ready to evict me, and I'm 85 and have no place to go."
"The African culture teaches you to extend grace to those who need it, support the needy, more so the elderly, the children, and the sick," said Pastor Festus Gumbo, who knew the sisters. "And they thought it wouldn't take a long time before the previous owner of the house would move out, little did they know that the previous owner had plans of not wanting to move, going by what happened."
