Law enforcement is investigating after a man was found dead after 2 p.m. today in a heavily vegetated area near the old Tallow Works not far from the Hikshari’ trailhead off Herrick Avenue in south Eureka. Law enforcement and Humboldt Bay Fire responded to the scene and the coroner has been called. Nothing appears suspicious […]
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Garberville Man Found Dead in Eel River
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a 33-year-old man whose body was found in the South Fork of the Eel River north of Redway last week. Deputies responded shortly after 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 6 to a report of a body in the river and found it just upstream of the […]
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Sheriff’s Office Investigating Death Near Homeless Camp
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has launched a death investigation after finding a body down a cliff from a homeless camp near Garberville. Deputies were called to the scene shortly after 7 a.m. on Sunday, and found the body across from the entrance to Camp Raven Cliff between Redwood Drive and the Eel River. According […]
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Sheriff Launches Scotia Death Investigation
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office is in the midst of a death investigation after deputies responded to a report of a foul smell in Scotia to find the decomposing remains of Justin Joseph Nevis, 32, of Sacramento. An autopsy is currently pending to determine a cause of death, but the the case is possibly linked […]
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Sheriff Seeks Public Help in Death Investigation
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public for help identifying a dead man found on a rural and secluded part of the Hoopa Valley reservation. The Hoopa Valley Tribal Police Department got a call at about 10 p.m. on March 22 from someone reporting they’d found human remains in a wooded area off […]