UPDATE: The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office reports the “missing person has been found safe.” PREVIOUS: Deputies are assisting the the U.S. Coast Guard with a search and rescue operation at the South Jetty, where a person is believed to be in the water. No other details were immediately available.
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SECOND UPDATE: ‘Everyone is Doing Well,’ Boat Owner Says After Coasties Respond to Distressed Vessel
SECOND UPDATE: A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew used “direction-finding radio” to locate debris from a sinking boat after receiving a distress call Sunday evening that guided rescuers to fishermen who had made it to a beach in their survival gear using a life raft, according to a press release. Due to a head injury, […]
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Body Found Near South Jetty ID’d as Missing Fortuna Man
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has identified the man whose body was found last weekend at the South Jetty near the mouth of the Eel River as Fortuna resident Quincy Tod Mendes. He was 35. Mendes was last seen around 5:40 p.m. on Jan. 21, after he was involved in a solo vehicle crash on […]
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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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Body Found Last Year ID’d as Missing Man
A body found on a South Jetty beach last January has been identified as Mitchell G. Hernandez, who had been reported missing on Nov. 23, 2016. The cause of death is consistent with drowning, according to a release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office. According to the Journal‘s Feb. 8 story “Still Missing,” his backpack was […]
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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 […]