"The four-star Hotel deLuxe in Portland, Oregon, features a soaring lobby with a gilded ceiling that drips with chandeliers. Eileen Mihich, a 31-year-old woman from nearby Beaverton, checked in on the afternoon of March 6, 2025. Two days later, a hotel employee named Stephen Jones noticed that Mihich had failed to check out at the appointed time and went to her eighth-floor room to investigate. No one answered, and the room was silent behind the door, so he let himself in."
"He found Mihich dead on the bed, with purpling skin. Jones immediately called the police, who noted the empty pill bottles at Mihich's bedside, along with a pamphlet: "Step-by-Step Instructions for Taking Aid in Dying Medications." Mihich had told her family that she was debilitated by a mysterious abdominal pain and was interested in a medically assisted death. But her suicide still shocked her two closest relatives: her cousin Sarah and aunt Veronica Torina."
The Hotel deLuxe in Portland served as the scene where 31-year-old Eileen Mihich was found dead two days after checking in. A hotel employee entered her eighth-floor room after she failed to check out and discovered her on the bed with purpling skin. Police documented empty pill bottles and a pamphlet titled "Step-by-Step Instructions for Taking Aid in Dying Medications" beside her. Mihich had reported debilitating abdominal pain and an interest in a medically assisted death, yet the medical examiner found no signs of terminal illness. Family members retrieved personal items and pharmacy receipts for drugs commonly used to end life. Medical assistance in dying has been legalized in twelve states and Washington, D.C.
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