Though lightly populated and scenic as a Kinkade painting, the Mendo Coast is--at times, anyway--as sinister, violent and lawless as the rest of this county. Below is an index of unsolved deaths, attempted murders, disappearances and questionable classifications from the coast (and connected to the coast)--along with links to AVA coverage and websites with relevant info.
Jeanne Huckins
Huckins, 63, was found dead in the garage of her Fort Bragg home in January 2010--the victim of a gunshot wound. Though her death was officially labeled suicide, police now say they're awaiting new evidence from the Department of Justice and that they recently received "good information" from Huckins' friends, who have doubted the suicide classification.
Click here to read our coverage of her death.
Michael Peacock
Michael Peacock, brother of convicted Westport shooter Richard Peacock, worked for ex-GOP chairman Ken Rogers growing pot on the latter's Westport property; Peacock testified against the former chairman last year during Rogers' trial for attempted murder and conspiracy. Peacock was found murdered in his Placer County trailer shortly after Rogers' conviction. Placer County police have said there's no Mendo connection to his death, but they're yet to make an arrest.
To read our coverage of the Peacock killing, click here. For our Rogers coverage, click here.
Katlyn Long
Long, 22, died of a methadone overdose in the basement of her parent's home near Fort Bragg in May 2008. Her ex-boyfriend was with her at the time of her death, but he's yet to give detectives an interview. Police forwarded the case to the DA's office but no one has been charged.
Click here to read our coverage of the case, or here for a website devoted to Long's memory.
Michele Schlick-Harris
Fifty-two-year-old Schlick-Harris, a recent Fort Bragg transplant, went missing on New Years Eve, 2007. She was last seen at the Surfwood in Mendo, and her car was found at the Caspar Inn.
Victoria Horstman
Horstman grew up around Fort Bragg and was heavily involved with police efforts in the mid-90s to lock up her husband, John Dalton, for growing pot. Her body was found floating in the Clark Fork River in Missoula, Montana three years ago. There were no signs of injury, and the medical examiner classified her death as "undetermined."
To read our coverage of Horstman--and John Dalton--click here.
David Neily & Donald Cavanaugh
Neily and Cavanaugh were last seen in 2005 and 2006 on James Denoyer's Westport property--the same property where, in 2005, dozens of emaciated, starving horses were seized by animal control.
Click here to read our coverage of the case, or here for a Facebook page maintained by Neily's daughter.
Kathy LaMadrid
LaMadrid was last seen by her brother in Fort Bragg in 2004. Though detectives investigated numerous leads, she's never been found.
Click here to read our coverage of LaMadrid's disappearance, or here for a website for anyone with info on her possible whereabouts.
Ken Rick
Rick, who was involved in the burning of Fort Bragg's library and court--along with the Piedmont Hotel--in September 1987--was found dead the day before he was scheduled to testify to a federal grand jury in San Francisco. The police said he'd placed a shotgun between his legs and pulled the trigger with his toe; the evidence suggested otherwise.
To read our comprehensive account of the Fort Bragg Fires, buy our book, Mendocino Noir, here. Or, for the Cliff Notes version, click here.
Clyde Donald Stanley
Stanley's remains were found under a refrigerator near Blues Beach in March 1988. He'd been killed by multiple gunshots. Stanley, who was from Fort Bragg, was last seen a year prior in Willits.
Judi Bari
Need I say more? Click here for our Bari file.
Georgina Pacheco
Pacheco was found strangled to death in September 1988 on Pearl Drive in Fort Bragg. She was 20.
Click here to read our coverage of her murder.
UPDATE: On July 16, 2013, Mendocino County Sheriff Tom Allman Identified a commercial fisherman, Robert James Parks, as Pacheco's killer. Parks committed suicide in 1998.
Kristi Krebs
Krebs, 23, disappeared in 1993 after leaving Round Table Pizza on Highway 1. Her truck was found near MacKerricher State Park not long after, but she hasn't been seen since.
Click here for more details.
…and people wonder why Aaron Vargas took the law into his own hands. It will be two years since Katlyn Long died and we are still waiting for Garett Matson to be interviewed by the sheriff’s office. I would love to have him charged in her death but at least question him. He was with her when she died and there were numerous suspicious acts that make him look very guilty. But we are afraid of hurting the case and have been fairly silent. Phone calls, text messages, photos, disappearing phones and other evidence that I would love to have made public but we wait and hope that the District Attorney will move on this case.
His Dad works for the County at that time? Need I say more?
This is Tyranny. There are many more murders and disappearances in this County.
Parents are coming from other countries and out of State searching in Humboldt county, Mendocino County, for their children for their kids who have disappeared here. No one is safe here.
My Horses and me were leaving Northern California for an accreditted Arabian Horse Farm in Santa Barbara in the fall and winter of 2017. Im stranded here still fighting to save my horses from this evil place a lawless region. So we can return our Home.
Its very corrupt here and County claims of Immunity to impede interference in their Persecutions and Depradations. The news about the murders in Northern California is World-Wide, Al-Jazeera writes about Human Remains all over Northern California (“killing-firlelds”) and the remains of a child found on a mountain top in Northern Calif.
If you want honest journalism
Listen to International News,
The BBC, Al-Jazeera, News World International, World Link. The German News Service International.
Most American News is Tabloid Journalism & more American Propaganda.
The National Socialists. & and the KKK are here in Northern California as as Cults, Covens, & and Secret Society members.
Traveller Kids are not safe here. America is lost because its Citizens fail to participate in Democracy by Lobbying as Private Citizens with copies of your written statements hand -delivered to the Offices of your representatives and speak with the aides & assistants about what you’re lobbying for or against: Lobby to make it a requirement that people running for President must pass a “Security-Clearance” the same one required of State Dept Employees.
Audit and Nationalize the Federal Reserve Banks.
Abolish all members of Secret Societies from all levels of, government, police and military.
Abolish War Racketeers from Government.
En-Act “Emergency Climate Stabilization Earth Regeneration. Act” 1989 & 1992. HR 4154.etc, etc,
We only have 7 years to save our Planet Earth!!! Get busy-go Lobby.
Hello,
My friend and I will be shooting a documentary on the homicides and missing peoples reports from Mendocino county. We are from Santa Barbara and are interested in getting your take on this matter. You don’t necessarily have to be from Mendocino but you seem like you have a good grasp as to what’s going on here. If you’re interested you can email me at edelbonis7@gmail.com.