New details revealed of Melissa Jubane's death as suspect appears in court

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Just one week after the sudden disappearance of Melissa Jubane, court records are filling in details of what happened to the newlywed nurse.

Co-workers reported Jubane was missing shortly after she missed her shift at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center on Wednesday, Sept. 4 – prompting a search that ended the following Friday when her body was found.

Specific details of Jubane’s death remain unclear, but officials confirmed Tuesday that she was killed on the same day as her disappearance.

Bryce Johnathan Schubert, the man accused of Jubane’s murder, was arrested the same day her remains were recovered by Beaverton police. Investigators shared that Schubert, 27, had been Jubane’s neighbor in an apartment complex at 1050 SW 160th Ave.

Schubert made his first court appearance virtually on Monday, where he pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree murder, first-degree kidnapping, and second-degree abuse of a corpse. He then physically stepped into court for the first time on Tuesday.

According to a Providence spokesperson, Schubert had been “briefly employed” as a Providence Portland Medical Center nurse from September 2022 to October 2023. It’s unclear what led to his leaving the hospital system in October 2023.

However, Schubert was not employed at the Providence location where Jubane had worked.

The suspect’s next court appearance will be at a preliminary hearing on Monday, Sept. 16.