The Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office is still in the process of deciding whether to pursue the death penalty against a 22-year-old man accused of brutally stabbing a man to death in a wooded area outside of McKinleyville last year. Police arrested Michael Raymond Youravish June 19, 2013, hours after finding the body of Forrest […]
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Bullock Will Stand Trial for Murder of Eric Freed
A Humboldt County judge ruled today there was enough evidence to hold Gary Lee Bullock to answer for the torture and murder of St. Bernard’s Pastor Eric Freed on New Year’s Day. Bullock will be held to answer for vehicle theft and attempted arson charges as well, stemming from an alleged attempt to burn Freed’s […]
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Eureka’s Catholics — and the Humboldt County community at large — was shocked last week when the popular pastor of St. Bernard Church, Father Eric Freed, was found killed on New Year’s Day in the church’s rectory where he lived. Now the church and its parishioners are figuring out how to move on, and, following […]
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UPDATE: Suspect Named in Pastor’s Killing
UPDATE: Bullock was arrested by Sheriff’s deputies in Southern Humboldt. From a press release: On January 2, 2014 at about 12:45 p.m. the Eureka Police Department received information from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Department that Gary Lee Bullock had been located in the southern Humboldt area and was taken into custody. The 2010 Nissan Altima […]
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UPDATE: St. Bernard’s Pastor Killed Overnight in Church Rectory
Update: Eureka Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a car believed to be associated with the killing. From a press release: The vehicle is described as a dark grey Nissan Altima Hybrid, bearing California license plate 6NDW400. The Eureka Police Department requests that if the public has information regarding the vehicle’s whereabouts […]
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Kai the Homefree Hitchhiker Indicted For Murder
Caleb McGillvary, who called himself “Kai the Homefree Hitchhiker,” charmed and alarmed us when he burst on the news scene with his ax-wielding heroics and then made it onto the Jimmy Kimmel show. For a spell, before going east, he hung out at the Arcata Plaza and up at Humboldt State University, and he called […]