Battle Ground woman accused of trying to get help to kill ex-husband

PORTLAND — A Battle Ground woman was arrested on suspicion of trying to kill her ex-husband in Hillsboro, Ore., and soliciting help from someone to do it.

Tanya Schmalz, 36, was arrested Monday and booked into Washington County Jail, according to a report in The Oregonian/OregonLive.

Hillsboro Lt. Henry Reimann said no one else was arrested. He said he didn’t know more about the case.

It wasn’t clear from the criminal complaint what the connection is between Schmalz and the person she is accused of soliciting.

Oregon court records show Tanya Schmalz and ex-husband Jonathan Schmalz divorced in 2013.

Jonathan Schmalz has filed a motion seeking temporary custody of their two children and claimed in court documents that his ex-wife has now tried to kill him twice.

He claims in the affidavit that Tanya Schmalz is currently in custody because she tried to poison him.

It wasn’t immediately known if she had an attorney.