Prayer vigil and rally for missing Pit River Tribal member Nick Patterson to be held today

March 20, 2021 Trevor Montgomery

SHASTA COUNTY, Calif. — Concerned family and friends who have been searching for missing Pit River Tribal member Nick Patterson, 26, who has been missing since January, 2020, are holding a prayer vigil and rally for the missing man today, Saturday March 20. The rally is scheduled to go from 3 p.m. until sunset.

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Today’s prayer vigil and rally, which is being held at the US District Court in Redding, is scheduled to be attended by Patterson’s immediate family members, as well as Pit River, Redding Rancheria and Northern California Tribal leaders and members, community leaders, Missing & Murdered Indigenous Relatives (MMIR) advocates and allies, and others.

Speakers at today’s rally will include Chairman Jack Potter of Redding Rancheria; Lynette Craig, Nick’s Mom; Laura Seal, Nick’s Grandmother; family members and MMIR advocates.

Patterson has been missing for more than 15 months and family members have had no contact with him since Jan. 4th of last year, which they say is not normal behavior for the missing man.

The last confirmed sighting of Patterson was in the Hat Creek area Jan. 5, 2020.

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If you have any information on the whereabouts of Nick Patterson, please contact the Shasta County Sheriff’s Department at 530-245-6540. Callers can refer to incident file number 20S001018 and can remain anonymous.

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Trevor Montgomery, 49, moved in 2017 to the Intermountain area of Shasta County from Riverside County and runs Riverside County News Source (RCNS) and Shasta County News Source (SCNS).

Additionally, he writes or has written for several other news organizations; including Riverside County-based newspapers Valley News, Valley Chronicle, Anza Valley Outlook, and Hemet & San Jacinto Chronicle; the Bonsall/Fallbrook Village News in San Diego County; and Mountain Echo in Shasta County. He is also a regular contributor to Thin Blue Line TV and Law Enforcement News Network and has had his stories featured on news stations throughout the Southern California and North State regions.

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 30 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 18 grandchildren.