More than a year since a Georgia man died after being severely beaten in Garberville, police have arrested someone for his murder. The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office announced today that Raymond Earl Preschern was extradited from Oregon on a warrant for the murder of Khanh Lam and booked into the local jail on Aug. 19. […]
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SoHum Homicide Victim Identified
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed the identity of the victim of last week’s homicide as 52-year old Stephanie Faye Gawboy of Redway. Gawboy’s identity has been public knowledge from almost the date of her death, as an employee of KMUD radio apparently found her body then gave an interview on air about the […]
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Sheriff Launches SoHum Homicide Probes
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has launched a homicide investigation after deputies found a 52-year-old woman dead of a gunshot wound in a Redway home. Details are scant, but the sheriff’s office was called at 9:40 a.m. Wednesday to a call of a possible suicide in the 100 block of Redway Drive. But when a […]
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3rd UPDATE: Suspect Killed in McKinleyville Standoff
3rd UPDATE: Multiple news agencies are reporting that the suspect in an armed Mckinleyville standoff that started yesterday morning and continued into the night was killed at about 2:30 a.m. in a shootout with police. According to the reports, an unidentified woman fled the suspect’s apartment, after which he set several fires inside the apartment […]
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Former Care Home Owner Sentenced
Gina Chamberlain, convicted in March of stealing from residents in her Eureka care home, is now in the midst of serving a 286-day jail sentence, after which she will spend three years on probation. Chamberlain, who was initially investigated by California Community Care Licensing over the course of five months, had her license suspended in […]
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Sheriff’s Office Deems Shooting a Homicide
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has determined the Aug. 6 shooting of Brials McCutcheon to be a homicide, making it the county’s sixth of the year. Detectives have been tight lipped about the shooting, which occurred at about 5:30 p.m. and left McCutcheon, 41, of Arcata, dying near a pickup truck on Crestview Drive, south […]
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Court Doc: Mom is Suspect in Fortuna Hit and Run; Showed Signs of Intoxication
An initial CHP investigation indicated the mother of one of two teenage girls who died after a July 12 hit and run crash was the driver and that she showed signs of intoxication shortly after the collision, according to a search warrant affidavit. “At that point, however, there was no evidence establishing her as the […]
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Attorneys: Fortuna Mom Standing by to Surrender in Fatal Hit and Run Case
Just hours after the California Highway Patrol sent out a press release asking for the public’s assistance in locating a Fortuna woman named a person of interest in last week’s hit and run crash that left two teenage girls dead — including her own daughter — her attorneys sent a letter to the CHP maintaining […]
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UPDATE: CHP Seeking Persons of Interest in Fortuna Hit and Run
The California Highway Patrol has released the names of two persons of interest in last week’s fatal hit-and-run. Marcia Maelinda Kitchen, mother of one of the deceased, and Joshua Wren Pearlston, her boyfriend, are both being sought for questioning. Kitchen is the registered owner of the Jeep involved in the collision. The CHP say they […]
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Teenage Girls Killed in Fortuna Hit and Run, Driver of Jeep Wrangler Wanted
The California Highway Patrol has issued an alert to be on the look out for a newer model light grey Jeep Wrangler that struck and killed two teenage girls in Fortuna last night. The girls were skateboarding northbound on the southbound lane of Eel River Drive, just south of Kenmar Road when they were struck […]
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Speak Up, Speak Out, Write In
Almost every day of the past week has brought news of a fresh tragedy. Alton Sterling, shot and killed by officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Philando Castile, in Falcon Heights, Minnesota, shot and killed by a police officer during a traffic stop. Five officers killed, and another seven wounded, by a sniper during an otherwise […]