Girl, 6, found safe after going missing from Shasta County campground

May 24, 2020 Trevor Montgomery

SHASTA COUNTY, Calif. — Authorities say the search for a six-year-old girl ended when the young victim was located about a mile from the Shasta County campground she had gone missing from late Saturday afternoon, May 23.

The search and rescue operation was kicked off after the girl’s father reported that she had gone missing while she and her five-year-old cousin were exploring the area of North Battle Creek Reservoir Campground, north of SR-44 and Viola.

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Shasta County sheriff’s deputies were alerted to the crisis at 4:47 p.m., after SHASCOM received a call reporting a missing juvenile, Shasta County Sheriff’s Sgt. Logan Stonehouse later reported.

The 911 caller advised emergency dispatchers that his daughter and five-year-old nephew were wandering around the campground when the two became separated.

The father also said when his nephew returned to the campground without his daughter he and others began frantically searching for the missing girl, but they were unable to find her.

Based on the circumstances, deputies requested additional resources to assist with searching for the girl; at which time personnel from Cal Fire, California Highway Patrol, and State Park Service, along with Search and Rescue volunteers began responding to the location.

As officials were mobilizing and converging on the area, a CHP aviation crew spotted the missing girl from overhead, as she was walking on a dirt road about one mile from the campground.

While aviation members kept a close eye on the little girl, they guided deputies and others to the area where she was spotted and deputies soon reached her.

After making contact with the juvenile, medical personnel checked her for any injures and found she was in good health, according to Stonehouse; who said the victim was eventually transported back to the campground where she was reunited with her family.

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Trevor Montgomery, 48, moved in 2017 to the Intermountain area of Shasta County from Riverside County and runs Riverside County News Source and Shasta County News Source. Additionally, he writes or has written for several other news organizations; including Riverside County based newspapers, Valley News, (the now defunct) Valley Chronicle, Anza Valley Outlook, and Hemet & San Jacinto Chronicle; 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 29 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 16 grandchildren.