Missing person report leads to suspicious death investigation after body found near Keswick Reservoir
REDDING, Calif., — Authorities today confirmed their investigation is continuing after a man’s body was found during a missing person’s investigation Sunday, Oct. 17. While officials declined to provide details regarding the circumstances of the victim’s passing, they say the case is now being treated as suspicious in nature.
The victim, who had been listed as a missing person by his family after he failed to return home from a fishing trip over the weekend, was found deceased and his vehicle was recovered in the area of Keswick Reservoir near the Chappie/Shasta Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area.
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Shasta County sheriff’s deputies began looking into the disappearance of 35-year-old Christopher Allen Catterson of Redding, around 11:46 a.m. Saturday morning after concerned family members reported him as missing, Shasta County Sheriff’s Office has since said of their ongoing investigation.
Upon contacting Catterson’s family, deputies learned that the missing man had gone fishing earlier that morning, but had never returned home.
Deputies learned Catterson was possibly in the area of Keswick Reservoir and responded to the area, eventually finding Catterson’s black 2010 GMC Sierra, according to officials, who said deputies also located Catterson’s lifeless body and determined he was already deceased.
Based on circumstances and evidence found at the scene, which officials did not specify or explain in detail, detectives with the Sheriff’s Major Crimes Unit responded to the location and took over the investigation.
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Officials did not specify how Catterson died and have said an autopsy has been scheduled.
Citing the early and ongoing nature of the investigation declined to provide any further details at this time.
Anyone with information regarding this investigation is encouraged to contact the Shasta County Sheriff’s Major
Crimes Unit at (530) 245-6135 or by email. Callers can refer to incident file number 21S034069 and can remain anonymous.
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Trevor Montgomery, 50, 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.
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