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2010-2019
Name: Hans Martin Lippuner Case Number: 201805672 Race: White Sex: Male DOB: 7/17/1959 City of Residency: McKinleyville, CA Synopsis: On November 1, 2018, Hans Lippuner was reported missing to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office. He was last seen by his housemates on October 16, 2018 in the Dows Prairie area. A white Ford Econoline van associated with Lippuner was located abandoned in Trinity County near Del Loma and was recovered by law enforcement in August of 2019. Lippuner has not been seen since his disappearance and is missing under suspicious circumstances.  Resources: Lippuner Missing Person Flyer	Name: Salvatore Riccobono IV Case Number: 201801945 Race: White Sex: Male DOB: 7/7/1987 City of Residency: Antioch, CA Synopsis: On April 23, 2018, at about 5:03 a.m., deputies were dispatched to U.S. Highway 101 near Salmon Creek for the report of a subject struck by a vehicle. It was later determined that the victim, Salvatore Riccobono was deceased prior to the traffic collision and his death was determined to be a homicide. Resources: Riccobono Investigation Press Release	Name: Mark Charles Burleigh Case Number: 201800741 Race: White Sex: Male DOB: 12/25/1984 City of Residency: Miranda, CA / Transient Synopsis: On February 13, 2018, Mark Burleigh was reported missing to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office. He was last seen by a family member on the morning of September 15, 2017, in the Alderpoint area. Burleigh is missing under suspicious circumstances.
Name: Saul Perez Pacheco Case Number: 201800009 Race: Hispanic Sex: Male DOB: 7/6/1989 City of Residency: Unknown Synopsis: On January 1, 2018, at about 5 a.m., deputies were dispatched to Gerald Phelps Hospital in Garberville for a gunshot victim. The victim, Saul Pacheco, succumbed to his injuries at the hospital. Resources: Pacheco Investigation Press Release 1, Pacheco Investigation Update	Name: Matthew Thomas Dix Case Number: 201705967 Race: White Sex: Male DOB: 9/2/1990 City of Residency: Manila, CA Synopsis: On December 2, 2017, at about 3 a.m., Matthew Dix was located deceased sitting in his vehicle parked in the driveway outside of his residence in Manila.   Resources: Dix Investigation Press Release 1, Dix Investigation Update	Name: Lawrence O’Connor Case Number: 201604450 Race: White Sex: Male DOB: 6/11/1966 City of Residency: Eureka, CA Synopsis: On September 5, 2016, Lawrence O’Connor and David Sims were located deceased at a rural property in Hyampom. Their deaths were determined to be a double homicide.
Name: David Michael Sims Also Known As: "Skids" Case Number: 201604450 Race: White Sex: Male DOB: 12/19/1968 City of Residency: Samoa, CA Synopsis: On September 5, 2016, David Sims and Lawrence O’Connor were located deceased at a rural property in Hyampom. Their deaths were determined to be a double homicide.	Name: Stephanie Gawboy Case Number: 201604171 Race: White Sex: Female DOB: 2/24/1964 City of Residency: Redway, CA Synopsis: On August 17, 2016 at about 9:30 a.m., Stephanie Gawboy was located deceased inside of a residence on the 100 block of Redway Drive in Redway.	Name: Dana N Hudson Case Number: 201604099 Race: White Sex: Male DOB: 2/13/1972 City of Residency: Blue Lake, CA Synopsis: On August 12, 2016, at about 11:59 a.m., deputies were dispatched Highway 299 Mile Marker 21 for the report of a robbery that had just occurred. The victim, Dana Hudson, later succumbed to his injuries sustained during the robbery. The incident was later determined to have actually occurred on Sabretooth Road.
Name: Brials Mccutcheon Case Number: 201604001 Race: White Sex: Male DOB: 9/20/1974 City of Residency: Eureka, CA Synopsis: On Aug. 6, 2016, at about 5:42 p.m., Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the 4300 block of Crestview Drive in Eureka for the report of a possible suicide. Deputies arrived on scene and located Brials Mccutcheon deceased inside of his vehicle. His death was later determined to be a homicide. Resources: Mccutcheon Investigation Press Release	Name: Arthur Ruiz Case Number: 201600470 Race: Native American Sex: Male DOB: 10/20/1973 City of Residency: Hoopa, CA Synopsis: Arthur Ruiz was reported missing on Jan. 12, 2016 by family members. Ruiz’s remains were located on Jan. 28, 2016 in the area of Redwood Grove Road in Hoopa.	Name: Hugh Wray Duggins Case Number: 201600320 Race: White Sex: Male DOB: 6/9/1944 City of Residency: Alderpoint, CA Synopsis: On January 22, 2016, Hugh Duggins was located deceased several feet down an embankment off of Alderpoint Road near Dyerville Loop Road. Duggins was last seen alive by friends on January 15, 2016. Duggins’ death has been ruled suspicious.
Name: John (aka “Johnny”) Henry Deleon Case Number: 201501307 Race: Hispanic Sex: Male DOB: 5/17/1988 City of Residency: San Jose, CA Synopsis: John Deleon was reported missing on October 30, 2014 by family members. On March 22, 2015 Deleon’s remains were located in a remote area near Baird Road in Hoopa. n ruled suspicious.	Name: Robert James Flaherty Case Number: 201404875 Race: White Sex: Male DOB: 3/29/1984 Synopsis: Robert Flaherty was reported missing in July of 2014 by family members. On Oct. 14, 2014 Flaherty was located deceased at a camp in a wooded area off Redwood Drive in Garberville	Name: Luis Edwardo Raya Case Number: 201403732 Also Known As: Luis Edwardo Garcia Raya, “Perico” Race: Hispanic Sex: Male DOB: 2/28/1983 City of Residency: Arcata, CA Synopsis: Luis Raya was last seen on June 14, 2014 at about 8:30 p.m. at his home in Arcata by family members. Raya was no longer at the home when family members returned to the residence later that evening. Raya reportedly worked at a marijuana farm in Miranda and was possibly seen in June or July of 2014 in the Southern Humboldt area. On August 10, 2014, skeletal remains belonging to Raya were discovered at Cuneo Creek State Park near Bull Creek.
Name: Scott William Johnson Case Number: 201403367 Race: White Sex: Male DOB: 9/2/1956 City of Residency: Alderpoint, CA Synopsis: On July 21, 2014, 7 p.m., Scott Johnson was reportedly searching for a known homicide suspect in the Rancho Sequoia area when he was shot and killed by an unknown person(s). Johnson was located deceased in the roadway in the Willow Lane area of Rancho Sequoia Drive.	Name: Jeffrey Keith Joseph Case Number: 201403130 Race: White Sex: Male DOB: 2/4/1969 City of Residency: New Orleans, LA Synopsis: On July 8, 2014, Jeffrey Joseph was reported missing to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office following a road trip to Humboldt County to purchase a large amount of marijuana. Joseph last contacted family and friends via cellphone in the late morning of June 21, 2014. Joseph’s last known location is somewhere west of Redding, possibly Willow Creek. Joseph was last known to be driving a green 1998 Toyota Rav 4 with a Louisiana license plate, at the time he went missing. Resources: Jeffrey Joseph Missing Person Flyer	Name: Sheila Franks Case Number: 201401174 Race: White Sex: Female DOB: 7/19/1976 City of Residency: Fortuna, CA Synopsis: Sheila Franks was reported missing on March 13, 2014 by a family member. On June 10, 2019, skeletal remains were located at Crab Park in Loleta. DNA analysis confirmed that the remains belonged to Franks.  Resources: Franks Missing Person Flyer
Name: Danielle Nicole Brooks Case Number: 201400805 Also Known As: Danielle Nicole Bertolini Race: White Sex: Female DOB: 3/6/1990 City of Residency: Fortuna, CA Synopsis: Danielle Brooks was reported missing to the Fortuna Police Department on February 19, 2014 by family members. Danielle was last seen around February 9, 2014 in the Swains Flat area. On March 9, 2015, skeletal remains believed to belong to Brooks were located in the Eel River bed near Howe Creek in Ferndale.	Name: Garret Alan Rodriguez Case Number: 201302060 Race: White Sex: Male DOB: 5/2/1983 City of Residency: San Diego, CA Synopsis: Garret Rodriguez was reported missing by a family member on April 25, 2013. Garrett was believed to be working on a marijuana farm in Southern Humboldt County. Garret’s body was located in a shallow grave on a rural property in Southern Humboldt on December 1, 2013.	Name: Edward Burton Jensen Jr. Case Number: 201104203 Race: White Sex: Male DOB: 12/9/1956 City of Residency: Redway, CA Synopsis: Edward Jensen was reported missing on April 28, 2011 by a family member. Jensen was last seen around April 14, 2011, when he reportedly walked away from a rural property located in the Larabee Creek Sub-Division in Blocksburg after a brief verbal argument with a subject on the property. On July 28, 2011, Jensen’s remains were located on the Eel River bar in Redcrest.
Name: Sumi Gail Juan Case Number: 201007024 Race: Native American Sex: Female DOB: 11/2/1977 City of Residency: Hoopa, CA Synopsis: Sumi Juan was reported missing to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office on October 29, 2010. She was last seen by family members in early October or September 2010 at Hoopa Elementary School. Juan has not been seen since her disappearance and is missing under suspicious circumstances. Resources: Sumi Juan Case Press Releases

2000-2009
Name: Robert Joseph Tennison Case Number: 200901826 Race: White Sex: Male DOB: 9/11/1971 City of Residency: Keyes, CA Synopsis: Robert “Bobby” Tennison was reported missing to the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office on February 9, 2009. Tennison had recently moved to the Alderpoint area and was living with friends when he went missing. Tennison was last seen at a residence in Rancho Sequoia sometime between January 21 and February 1, 2009.	Name: Rosemarie Wendy Boyd Case Number: 200806077 Race: White Sex: Female DOB: 1/13/1960 City of Residency: Fortuna, CA Synopsis: Rosemarie Wendy Boyd was located deceased on the Eel River riverbar south of the Fortuna River Lodge on September 16, 2008. Her death was determined to be a homicide.	Unidentified Human Remains Case Number: 200606258 Race: Unknown, Suspected European ancestry Sex: Unknown DOB: Unknown, Suspected 40+ years of age City of Residency: Unknown Synopsis: On October 11, 2006, unidentified skeletal human remains were located on Green Diamond property on Road CR2158 in Fieldbrook. Cause and manner of death is unknown.
Name: Bradley Milan Thompson Case Number: 200501271 Race: White Sex: Male DOB: 9/24/1960 City of Residency: Myers Flat, CA Synopsis: Bradley Thompson was reported missing on March 1, 2005. On November 6, 2008, Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to a gravel quarry in Scotia for the report of skeletal remains located at the site. Deputies recovered the remains and through DNA analysis determined that the remains belonged to Thompson.	Name: Robert J. Tobaka Case Number: 200401181 Race: White Sex: Male DOB: 8/13/1950 City of Residency: Eureka, CA Synopsis: Robert Tobaka’s remains were located in Pepperwood, CA on February 18, 2004. Tobaka was last seen alive December of 2003. Tobaka’s manner of death appears to be homicide.	Name: Joan Pendrell Taylor Case Number: 200307852 Race: White Sex: Female DOB: 8/4/1940 City of Residency: Arcata, CA Synopsis: On November 26, 2003, at about 2 p.m., Joan Taylor reportedly left her residence in the Jacoby Creek area on foot and has never returned..
Name: Sean Thomas Akselsen Case Number: 200305658 Race: White Sex: Male DOB: 01/30/1984 City of Residency: Whitethorn, CA Synopsis: On August 25, 2003, Sean Akselsen was located deceased at the Briceland-Thorne Junction in Briceland. Akselsen’s death has been determined a homicide.	Name: Chris Robert Giauque Case Number: 200305305 Race: White Sex: Male DOB: 2/02/1967 City of Residency: Salmon Creek, CA Synopsis: On August 9, 2003, Chris Giauque went to collect money owed from a marijuana business partner on Spy Rock Road and never returned. Giauque’s pickup truck was found parked on the side of Highway 254 on August 13, 2003.	Name: Robert Charles Reardon Case Number: 200109595 Race: White Sex: Male DOB: 3/26/1939 City of Residency: Eureka, CA Synopsis: On July 29, 2001, Robert “Bob” Reardon was located deceased in a milk barn on the 5600 block of Elk River Road. Reardon’s manner of death appears to be homicide.

1990-1999
Name: Ross Carson Cunningham Case Number: 199904305 Race: White Sex: Male DOB: 7/4/1963 City of Residency: Loleta, CA Synopsis: Ross Carson Cunningham was located deceased in his bed on May 8, 1999 at his residence on the 2300 block of Hookton Drive in Loleta. Cunningham’s manner of death appears to be homicide.	Name: Tawnya Marie Leavitt Case Number: 199800650 Race: White Sex: Female DOB: 5/12/1982 City of Residency: Eureka, CA Synopsis: On February 1, 1998, Tawnya Leavitt was located deceased in the grassy area off of the north end of the Samoa Airstrip by Coast Guard crews training in the area.	Name: Steven M. Carracciolo Case Number: 199707434 Race: White Sex: Male DOB: 7/27/1971 City of Residency: Rockville, NY Synopsis: Steven Carracciolo was reported missing out of New York State. Caracciolo, an avid bicyclist, reportedly began a cross-country road trip and picked up hitchhikers along the way. On November 13, 1997, skeletal remains were located along the Eel River near the Pepperwood Summer Bridge by a CDC crew working in the area. DNA analysis determined the remains belonged to Caracciolo. Caracciolo’s death has been determined to be a homicide. He is believed to have been murdered sometime during the night in early October.
Name: Sandra Kay Albiani Case Number: 199703626 Race: White Sex: Female DOB: 5/4/1952 City of Residency: Scotia, CA Synopsis: Sandra Albiani was working as a security guard at the Pacific Lumber Company on June 9, 1997 when she went missing during her shift, sometime in the early morning hours. Albiani’s body was discovered later that afternoon buried on the property.	Name: Eric Scott Day Case Number: 199702426 Race: White Sex: Male DOB: 7/13/1971 City of Residency: Scotia, CA Synopsis: Eric Day was last seen in Rio Dell on/around February 17, 1997. Day reportedly had a broken leg and was using crutches prior to his disappearance. Day reportedly had acquaintances in the Stafford area and may have been in the Southern Humboldt area in the days surrounding his disappearance.	Name: Keith Lynn Abbey Jr. Also Known As: Bud Case Number: 199305414 Race: White Sex: Male Age at Death: 32 City of Residency: Transient Synopsis: On August 16, 1993, Keith Lynn Abbey was found deceased on the North Jetty Beach near Samoa. His death has been determined to be a homicide.
Name: John Wyatt Jameton Case Number: 199305192 Race: White Sex: Male DOB: 9/18/1972 City of Residency: Garberville, CA Synopsis: On August 5, 1993, John Jameton was found deceased on Overpack Grove Road in the Richardson Grove area. His death has been determined to be a homicide.	Name: John Gregory Potter Case Number: 199302464 Race: White Sex: Male DOB: 4/5/1954 City of Residency: Unknown Synopsis: John Gregory Potter was discovered missing from a residence in Whitethorn on March 27, 1993. On April 13, 1993, Potter was located deceased in the Mattole River near Whitethorn. Resources: Potter Case Press Releases	Name: Curtis Lee Ellis Case Number: 199107762 Race: White Sex: Male DOB: 4/7/1960 City of Residency: Eureka, CA Synopsis: Curtis Lee Elis was reported missing to the Eureka Police Department on August 8, 1990. Ellis was last seen in late February 1990 and was reportedly leaving to visit Texas. Skeletal remains identified as belonging to Ellis were located on December 29, 1992, by a tourist in the area of the Avenue of the Giants near Myers Flat. Ellis’ cause of death is unknown and his death is considered suspicious. Resources:Ellis Case Press Releases
Name: Andrea Jerri White Also Known As: Chick White Case Number: 199104746 Race: Native American Sex: Female DOB: 11/14/1968 City of Residency: Hoopa, CA Synopsis: Andrea “Chick” White was last seen on July 31, 1991 at about 1:30 p.m. hitchhiking along Highway 299 eastbound, east of Blue Lake. Investigative information indicates that White may have received a ride from that location in a white over green 1964 Chevy Impala four-door with mud/snow tires on the rear. Resources:White Case Press Releases.	Name: Gerrold Robin Maniaci Case Number: 199005189 Race: White Sex: Male DOB: 11/17/1959 City of Residency: Garberville, CA Synopsis: Gerrold Maniaci was reported missing by a family member on July 23, 1990. He was reportedly last seen on June 3, 1990 in Phillipsville.	Name: Dottie Jean Willis Case Number: 199004346 Race: White Sex: Female DOB: 5/12/1953 City of Residency: Eureka, CA Synopsis: On June 21, 1990, Dottie Willis was found deceased at the north end of Heindon Road near Arcata. Her death has been determined to be a homicide.
Name: Robert Monroe Alexander Case Number: 199000693 Race: White Sex: Male DOB: 6/12/1925 City of Residency: Westhaven, CA Synopsis: On January 22, 1990, Robert Alexander was reported missing to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office. As part of their investigation, deputies searched a property associated with Alexander on the 300 block of Old Wagon Road. Alexander’s remains were located buried on the property on January 24, 1990.

1980-1989
Name: Donald Eugene Meinhardt Also Known As: Little Donnie Case Number: 198807676 Race: White Sex: Male DOB: 12/02/1939 City of Residency: Unknown Synopsis: Donald Eugene Meinhardt is suspected to have been killed during a motorcycle gang incident in Southern Humboldt County. Meinhardt has never been located.	Name: Kay Josephine Adams Case Number: 198706775 Race: White Sex: Female DOB: 10/1/1938 City of Residency: Hyampom, CA Synopsis: Kay Adams was reported missing in August of 1987. Her remains were located in November of 1987 on a rural property near Willow Creek.	Name: Edward Martin Buschbacher Jr. Case Number: 198405604 Race: White Sex: Male DOB: 3/24/1956 State of Residency: Wyoming Synopsis: On November 14, 1984, Edward Buschbacher Jr. and Randy Peters were reported missing by a friend after they failed to arrive home from a visit to Humboldt County. On November 24, 1984, Buschbacher and Peters were located deceased on a marijuana farm near Weitchpec. Their causes of death were determined to be gunshot wounds. Resources: Buschbacher Case Press Releases
Name: Randy Clay Peters Case Number: 198405604 Race: White Sex: Male DOB: 2/13/1953 State of Residency: Michigan Synopsis: On November 14, 1984, Edward Buschbacher Jr. and Randy Peters were reported missing by a friend after they failed to arrive home from a visit to Humboldt County. On November 24, 1984, Buschbacher and Peters were located deceased on a marijuana farm near Weitchpec. Their causes of death were determined to be gunshot wounds. Resources: Peters Case Press Releases	Name: Lydia Bereshnyi Also Known As: Lydia Marcinkowski Case Number: 198204387 Race: White Sex: Female DOB: 3/24/1951 City of Residency: Garberville, CA Synopsis: Lydia Bereshnyi was located deceased on September 7, 1982 at a secluded campsite on the riverbank near the Sprowel Creek Bridge. Bereshnyi’s cause of death was determined to be strangulation. Resources: Bereshnyi Case Press Releases	Name: Clifford John Silva Jr. Case Number: 198201589 Race: White Sex: Male DOB: 4/6/1947 City of Residency: Southern Humboldt Synopsis: Clifford Silva Jr. was located deceased on Zenia Bluff Road on April 5, 1982. Silva was reportedly last seen riding with two other male adults in a blue and white GMC truck around September-October 1981.
Name: Suzanne Michelle Brown Also Known As: Suzanne Stafford, Suzanne Peterson Case Number: 198105397 Race: White Sex: Female DOB: 4/17/1957 City of Residency: Klamath Falls, OR Synopsis: Suzanne Michelle Brown was located deceased on October 10, 1981 in brush along Kneeland Road near Freshwater Park. Brown was reportedly last seen alive on October 1, 1981 leaving a nearby KOA campground to attend a concert at Humboldt State University. Brown left behind a four-year-old daughter. Her death was determined to be a homicide.	Name: Deryl Edward Coen Case Number: 198007499 Race: White Sex: Male DOB: 7/27/1952 City of Residency: Eureka, CA Synopsis: Deryl Edward Coen was located deceased on November 30, 1980 at a residence on Fruitland Ridge Road in Myers Flat. His death was determined to be a homicide.

1970-1979
Name: Charles Richard Frint Case Number: 197801225 Race: White Sex: Male DOB: 7/6/1932 City of Residency: McKinleyville, CA Synopsis: Charles Richard Frint was located deceased on February 15, 1978 at a residence on the 1900 block of Gwin Road in McKinleyville. His death was determined to be a homicide.	Name: Mary Elizabeth Stuart Also Known As: Mary Danckert. Case Number: 197711201 Race: White Sex: Female DOB: 4/25/1945 City of Residency: Honeydew, CA Synopsis: Mary Elizabeth Stuart and her two daughters, Jessie Flo Stuart and Fannie Fawn Stuart, were reported missing on December 13, 1977. Mary Stuart and her two daughters were last seen on December 10, 1977 leaving their residence near Honeydew to go shopping in Eureka. Mary Stuart was reportedly driving a red 1969 Opel station wagon with California license plate 456AII. The three failed to return home that evening. On January 1, 1978, Mary Stuart’s station wagon was located on an unused logging road 1-1/2 miles from the Stuart residence. Despite searches of the area, Mary and her children were never found. Resources: Stuart Case Press Release	Name: Jessie Flo Stuart Case Number: 197711201 Race: White Sex: Female Age at Time of Missing: 2 Years Old City of Residency: Honeydew, CA Synopsis: Mary Elizabeth Stuart and her two daughters, Jessie Flo Stuart and Fannie Fawn Stuart, were reported missing on December 13, 1977. Mary Stuart and her two daughters were last seen on December 10, 1977 leaving their residence near Honeydew to go shopping in Eureka. Mary Stuart was reportedly driving a red 1969 Opel station wagon with California license plate 456AII. The three failed to return home that evening. On January 1, 1978, Mary Stuart’s station wagon was located on an unused logging road 1-1/2 miles from the Stuart residence. Despite searches of the area, Mary and her children were never found. Resources: Stuart Case Press Release
Name: Fannie Fawn Stuart Case Number: 197711201 Race: White Sex: Female Age at Time of Missing: 2 Years Old City of Residency: Honeydew, CA Synopsis: Mary Elizabeth Stuart and her two daughters, Jessie Flo Stuart and Fannie Fawn Stuart, were reported missing on December 13, 1977. Mary Stuart and her two daughters were last seen on December 10, 1977 leaving their residence near Honeydew to go shopping in Eureka. Mary Stuart was reportedly driving a red 1969 Opel station wagon with California license plate 456AII. The three failed to return home that evening. On January 1, 1978, Mary Stuart’s station wagon was located on an unused logging road 1-1/2 miles from the Stuart residence. Despite searches of the area, Mary and her children were never found. Resources: Stuart Case Press Release	Name: Victoria Lynn Schneider Also Known As: Vickie Case Number: 197605703 Race: White Sex: Female DOB: 9/12/1956 City of Residency: Eureka, CA Synopsis: Victoria Lynn Schneider was last seen leaving her home in Eureka on June 16, 1976, to hitchhike to Samoa Beach. Schneider was located deceased, buried in a shallow grave on Samoa Beach on June 30, 1976.	Name: Sherrie Lynn Smith Case Number: 197603718 Race: White Sex: Female DOB: 9/4/1960 City of Residency: Miranda, CA Synopsis:  Sherrie Lynn Smith was last seen on April 30, 1976, attending a dance with friends at a Fireman’s Hall in Southern Humboldt County. Smith was reportedly staying with a friend in Alderpoint at the time of her disappearance and had not been in contact with family for approximately five days. Smith’s body was located on May 2, 1976 on a small dirt road in the area of Fruitland Ridge Road.
Name: Karen Ann Fischer Case Number: 197600514 Race: White Sex: Female DOB: 4/24/1953 City of Residency: Boulder, CO Synopsis: Karen Fischer was reported missing on January 15, 1976 by her boyfriend. Fisher was reportedly last seen by her boyfriend on January 14, 1976 at approximately 9:50 a.m. in Arcata where she was planning to hitchhike to go sightseeing in the Trinidad area. Members of the Coast Guard reported seeing Fischer on Trinidad Head at approximately 12:25 p.m. that day in the company of a male subject described as 6 feet tall, medium build, with blonde/light brown hair, wearing light/tan clothes. On January 18, 1976, Fischer was located deceased on a small trail at the top of Trinidad Head.	Name: Janet Lee Bowman Case Number: 197509543 Race: White Sex: Female DOB: 7/14/1956 City of Residency: Eureka, CA Synopsis: Janet Lee Bowman was last seen at the Eureka Welfare Office on September 30, 1975 and was known to hitchhike for transport. Bowman was located deceased in a wooded area off of Highway 299 near Blue Lake after Sheriff’s Investigators received an anonymous letter describing the whereabout of her remains.

1960-1969
Unidentified Human Remains Case Number: 196803508 Race: White Sex: Male Age at Death: 40 – 55 Years Old City of Residency: Unknown Synopsis: On May 1, 1968, skeletal remains of a male adult were found partially buried in a shallow grave a short distance from the shoulder of the road of Highway 299, approximately six miles west of Willow Creek. The man is believed to have been deceased over six months prior to the discovery of his remains. The deceased is believed to be a white male, possibly of European descent, 5 feet 4.25 inches – 5 feet 8.5 inches tall, medium to heavy build, brown hair, 40 – 55 years old, with a deep chest and stock trunk. The decedent was found wearing a knitted nylon olive green slip-over shirt, gray cotton twill trousers with an elastic belt and lion emblem belt buckle, and brown ¾ lace top boots.	Name: Stanley Eugene Svendsen Case Number: 196708211 Race: White Sex: Male Age at Death: 36 Years Old City of Residency: Unknown Synopsis: Stanley Eugene Svendsen was discovered deceased by friends in a cabin in Phillipsville on October 4, 1967. Svendsen’s manner of death was determined to be a homicide resulting from a physical altercation.

1950-1959
Name: Vera Vetterlin Weitzel Also Known As: Sandy Vetterlin Case Number: 195806326 Race: White Sex: Female DOB: 8/31/1923 City of Residency: Eureka, CA Synopsis: Vera Vetterlin Weitzel was reported missing to the Eureka Police Department on November 8, 1958. Weitzel was last seen in Hoopa on October 30, 1958. Her vehicle was located abandoned on November 6, 1958 on Highway 299. Weitzel’s remains were located near the North Fork of the Mad River on January 10, 1959.	Name: Barbara Joe Kelley Case Number: 195003681 Race: White Sex: Female Age at Time of Missing: 17 Years Old City of Residency: Fortuna, CA Synopsis: On June 18, 1950, Barbara Joe Kelley’s boyfriend Henry Baird was located deceased on the beach at Table Bluff. Kelley’s belonging were located nearby Baird’s remains. Law enforcement and family has been unable to contact Kelley and she remains missing today.	Name: Henry Lawrence Baird Also Known As: Red Case Number: 195003681 Race: White Sex: Male Age at Time of Missing: 28 Years Old City of Residency: Eureka, CA Synopsis: On June 18, 1950, Henry Lawrence Baird was located deceased on the beach at Table Bluff. His cause of death was determined to be a gunshot wound. His girlfriend Barbara Kelley’s belonging were located nearby Baird’s remains. Law enforcement and family has been unable to contact Kelley and she remains missing today.