Officials investigating after woman’s body found in Yreka

YREKA — Officials are investigating after a deceased woman was found wedged between two residential fences on the 300 block of Lawrence Ln., early Monday evening. A resident who found the victim’s partially decomposed body later told investigating officers they were led to the gruesome find by the smell.

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Yreka PD, Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office, and California Highway Patrol, responded to the scene about 7:15p.m., after receiving reports of a found body.

When officials arrived they confirmed a deceased woman was wedged in a foot-wide gap between two fences near a rear residential property line.

During their subsequent investigation, Yreka officers determined the victim was a white female, but could not make further identification or determine the victim’s age “due to the condition of the body,” YPD Chief Dave Gamache later explained.

Although Gamache said investigators have found no immediate or obvious signs of foul play, they have not ruled out the possibility.

The victim’s body has been turned over to the Siskiyou County Coroner’s office and officials are expected to conduct a post-mortem in the near future, according to Gamache.

This is a developing story that will be updated as new information is available.

 

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Trevor Montgomery, 47, recently moved to the Intermountain area of Shasta County from Riverside County and runs Riverside County News Source and Shasta County News Source. Additionally, he writes for several other news organizations; including Riverside County based newspapers, Valley News, The Valley Chronicle, and Anza Valley Outlook; as well as Bonsall/Fallbrook Village News in San Diego County and Mountain Echo in Shasta County.

Trevor spent 10 years in the U.S. Army as an Orthopedic Specialist before joining the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department in 1998. He was medically retired after losing his leg, breaking his back, and suffering both spinal cord and brain injuries in an off-duty accident. (Click here to see segment of Discovery Channel documentary of Trevor’s accident.)

During his time with the sheriff’s department, Trevor worked at several different stations; including Robert Presley Detention Center, Southwest Station in Temecula, Hemet/Valle Vista Station, Ben Clark Public Safety Training Center, and Lake Elsinore Station; along with other locations.

Trevor’s assignments included Corrections, Patrol, DUI Enforcement, Boat and Personal Water-Craft based Lake Patrol, Off-Road Vehicle Enforcement, Problem Oriented Policing Team, and Personnel/Background Investigations. He finished his career while working as a Sex Crimes and Child Abuse Investigator and was a court-designated expert in child abuse and child sex-related crimes.

Trevor has been married for more than 28 years and was a foster parent to more than 60 children over 13 years. He is now an adoptive parent and his “fluid family” includes 13 children and 14 – but soon to be 16 – grandchildren.

 

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