Former Portland area mayor, wife dead in apparent murder-suicide in California

A prominent Santa Monica nonprofit director of operations was found dead alongside his wife inside their Venice home this week in a case authorities say is being investigated as a murder-suicide.

Jeremy Ferguson and his wife, Mandy Zelinka, 49, were the two people found dead at the scene. Ferguson was the mayor of Milwaukie from 2009-2015, while Zelinka was a popular hair stylist in Portland for several years — she was named best hairstylist in Portland in 2016.

Zelinka’s family released a statement to KOIN 6 News on her passing…

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