A chilling case unfolded in Oregon when a woman mysteriously disappeared after messaging a friend with a disturbing warning: “I think this dude staying here might try to kill me.” This ominous message referred to her secret partner, a roommate, and weeks later, she was tragically discovered dead in a shed on their property, having been brutally attacked with a hammer and concealed in a blanket, prosecutors stated.

Bobby Alsup, 33, was convicted on charges including second-degree murder, arson, theft, abuse of a corpse, and unlawful use of a weapon for the 2024 murder of 31-year-old Kaley Snow. He attempted to obscure his crime by setting her body on fire, following the attack.

A Clackamas County press release detailed how Alsup viciously struck Snow with a hammer, then wrapped her remains in a blanket, leaving her in a shed on their Flavel property. To further conceal his actions, he ignited the shed and poured cleaning fluid over her body and the weapon.

During the trial, prosecutors presented text messages that Snow had sent weeks before her demise, expressing her fear to a friend after Alsup had moved in with her, as reported by The Oregonian. Snow and Alsup had initiated a clandestine relationship after meeting through Alsup’s girlfriend, who was a friend of Snow.

As their affair developed, prosecutors noted Alsup’s troubling behavior, which included selling Snow’s possessions online. He continued this practice even after her death, raising suspicion.

The Clackamas County District Attorney’s Office explained in their release that Alsup had moved in just weeks before the murder and immediately began pilfering items from the home to sell, providing insight into his alarming conduct leading up to the tragic event.

“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.