Charred Remains of Woman Discovered in Shed After Texting Concerns About Roommate’s Intentions

In a chilling case from Oregon, a woman named Kaley Snow disappeared after sending a foreboding text message to her friend about her roommate, with whom she was secretly involved. She ominously expressed her fear, saying, “I think this dude staying here might try to kill me.” Tragically, weeks later, Snow was found dead, her body hidden in a shed on their property, brutally beaten with a hammer and wrapped in a blanket, as revealed by prosecutors.

Bobby Alsup, 33, faced justice on Tuesday as he was convicted of multiple charges, including second-degree murder, arson, theft, abuse of a corpse, and unlawful use of a weapon in connection with the 2024 murder of 31-year-old Snow. According to details provided by the Clackamas County press release, Alsup not only murdered Snow by striking her head with a hammer but also attempted to conceal the crime by wrapping her body in a blanket and leaving it to decay in their shared property’s shed. To further erase traces of the crime, he set the shed on fire and poured cleaning fluid on both Snow’s body and the hammer used in the attack.

During the trial, prosecutors presented crucial evidence in the form of text messages sent by Snow weeks before her untimely death. As reported by The Oregonian, Snow had confided in a friend about her fears after Alsup moved in with her. The two had developed a clandestine relationship after meeting through Alsup’s girlfriend, who was also a friend of Snow.

As this illicit affair progressed, Alsup began exhibiting disturbing behavior. Prosecutors highlighted his actions of selling Snow’s belongings online, a practice he continued even after her death, further illustrating the alarming nature of his conduct leading up to and following the murder.

As the affair unfolded, prosecutors said Alsup began displaying alarming behavior, including selling items belonging to Snow online, which he did after her death as well.

“[Alsup] began renting a room in the house a few weeks before the murder, immediately started taking items from the home on multiple occasions and selling them,” the Clackamas County District Attorney’s Office said in its press release announcing Alsup’s conviction.

“I’m not afraid to die, just afraid of nobody knowing who it was,” Snow texted her friend, according to The Oregonian. She referred to Alsup as acting “sketchy” and being behind on his rent, while also hiding their relationship from his girlfriend.

“You’ve been gone awhile, so I gotta ask what’s up with the room,” Snow reportedly texted Alsup on March 12, 2024, just five days before she was murdered. “Do you even still want it?” she asked.

On March 17, 2024, cellphone data showed Alsup at the property they shared for roughly four hours. Prosecutors said this is when he killed her.

“Alsup struck Snow twice with a hammer, once on each side of her head,” the DA’s press release states. “He also took steps to cover up the crime, such as texting Snow after the murder to establish an alibi and dousing the hammer with a household cleaning product to destroy DNA evidence,” the release explains.

During his trial, one of Alsup’s defense attorneys argued that Alsup returned to the house and found Snow’s bludgeoned body, per the DA’s office. Alsup, who has several prior convictions for assault, “feared he might be blamed for the murder, so he hid her body,” according to his lawyer’s claims.

Prosecutors say the evidence and facts, however, pointed to Alsup being responsible.

“It is implausible that Alsup thought he would get in trouble, so he cleaned up someone else’s mess,” Senior Deputy District Attorney Stacey Borgman told jurors, according to the DA’s press release.

Alsup returned to the pair’s house just past midnight on March 21, 2024, and set the shed on fire using gasoline. Firefighters found Snow’s remains after responding to put out the blaze.

“Detectives used cell phone tracking data to document Alsup’s whereabouts, found Snow’s blood on his clothing and noted that Alsup conducted numerous internet searches to determine whether police had found Snow’s body or were conducting a missing person investigation,” the DA’s office says.

Alsup’s physical and digital DNA “was all over that crime scene,” according to Borgman.

Alsup faces a minimum sentence of life in prison with the possibility of parole after 25 years. He is scheduled to be sentenced on March 25.