UPDATE: The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office reports a body was recovered from the waveslope in the area near Ma-le’l Dunes this afternoon. “The Humboldt County Coroner’s Office is in the process of scheduling an autopsy and identifying the body,” a news release states. “More information will be released when available.” PREVIOUS: The Humboldt County Sheriff’s […]
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UPDATED: Coroner on Scene after Body Found in Center Divide of Safety Corridor
Caltrans employees working on the Safety Corridor of Hwy 101 near Mid-City Motor World north of Eureka discovered a decomposing body in the center divide early this afternoon. Sgt. Mike Campbell of the California Highway Patrol told us that his office was notified at 12:42 p.m. Campbell said that he wasn’t trained in the field […]
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Human Remains Found at Suspected SoHum Homicide Scene
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office found human remains while searching a Southern Humboldt property Feb. 18 and is working to identify the individual, according to a press release. Ryan Anthony Tanner, 32, was arrested on suspicion of homicide a day earlier after a daylong search that included a CHP helicopter and SWAT team members. Sheriff’s […]
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Coroner’s Office Hopes This T-Shirt Will Lead to Man’s ID
The Humboldt County Coroner’s Office is looking for information about a T-shirt in the hopes that it will lead to the identification of a man whose body was found on Centerville Beach in late February. The black shirt had white lettering that read: “HumboldtANARCHO, STATE FREE- HATE FREE – FIGHT BIGOTRY.” The man’s severely decomposed […]
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UPDATE: Two Killed in Horrific 101 Crash ID’d
The Humboldt County Coroner’s Office has identified the two women killed in a horrific crash on U.S. 101 in Southern Humboldt on Friday. The driver, Emely Selina Carreno-Arenas, who was 20, and her passenger, Michelle Segundo, 19, both of Eureka, were pronounced dead at the scene. According to the CHP, they were in a 2007 […]
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Mattole Beach Body Identified as that of Missing Woman
The Humboldt County Coroner’s Office has identified the body found by a hiker Feb. 21 in the Mattole Beach area as that of Hana Hammer, who was reported missing Feb. 2. Hammer, 45, was last seen in the Petrolia area Jan. 25. According to a Facebook page launched to bring attention to her disappearance, her […]
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Death Investigation Underway after Body Found at South Jetty
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has launched a death investigation after a decomposing male body was found today near the mouth of the Eel River on the South Jetty. The sheriff’s office released few details, just that deputies were dispatched to the scene shortly after noon today and that deputy coroners took possession of the […]
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Garberville Man Drowns in South Jetty Boating Accident
A 66-year-old Garberville man drowned Thursday after a 19-foot boat wrecked on the rocks of the South Jetty, sending four people into the water. The Humboldt County Coroner’s Office identified the deceased man as Gary Floyd Abena, and its press release notes the other three boaters were treated for minor injuries and hypothermia. According to […]
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Missing New Zealand Man Confirmed Dead in Possible Drowning
The Humboldt County Coroner’s Office has confirmed that a body found near the Mad River Boat Ramp at 9:20 a.m. today was that of Lester Abbey, who went missing yesterday after leaving for an evening jog. Abbey’s body was retrieved by a Coast Guard Helicopter. The New Zealand man was visiting family in McKinleyville, and […]
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Homeless in Humboldt Update: Death, Drones and Rallies
A drone video of the PalCo Marsh, known to some as “The Devil’s Playground,” shows camps still firmly entrenched in the wooded area just behind the mall, an area where the Eureka Police Department is preparing to cite and arrest campers. EPD is encouraging people to move north, to the flat area adjacent to the […]
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Garberville Death Ruled a Homicide; County Eclipses Grisly Record
A forensic pathologist’s determination that a Georgia man died of blunt force injuries not consistent with a fall has morphed a suspicious death investigation into a homicide case, the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office announced today. It would be the county’s seventh homicide of the year. Deputies responded shortly before 1 p.m. on July 18 to […]
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Reported Drowning in Willow Creek would be Eighth of 2015
The grim toll of this year’s drowning deaths may rise, according to the Humboldt County Coroner’s office, which announced in a press release that a 33-year-old Oregon man, Justin Russell Lawrence Bennich, was pulled from the water at Willow Creek’s Kimtu swimming hole after becoming unresponsive on July 4. Chief Deputy Coroner Ernie Stewart said […]