Oregon mother of 3 found bludgeoned to death would have turned 33 Friday

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An Oregon mother of three found dead outside an abandoned barn earlier this month would have turned 33 Friday.

JoAnna Speaks went missing in March, and her body was discovered April 8 in Ridgefield, Washington, about 20 miles north of Portland, according to the Clark County Sheriff's Office.

"Today Jo would’ve been celebrating her 33rd birthday," Ariel Hamby wrote on a GoFundMe page for Speaks. "But we don’t get to do that today. Instead of feeling joyful and sending good wishes – that gets replaced with the feeling of loss, pain, confusion and even anger."

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A medical examiner said she died of blunt force trauma to the head and neck. 

"There are indications the body was moved to this location," the sheriff's office said in a news release. 

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