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Two men were convicted Thursday of the first-degree murder of Ukiah transient Gerald Knight, 51, the Mendocino County District Attorney’s Office announced Friday.
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A Clearlake man who gained national attention in 2005 for killing two men as they fled a break-in at his home was found guilty Thursday of second-degree murder for another killing.
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A man accused of shooting his girlfriend in the face in January was held Thursday to answer to three charges — including attempted murder — at the end of his preliminary hearing.
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EUREKA — The man accused of killing Todd Duryea Clark in early January was held to answer to a first degree murder charge with an allegation of using a firearm, and had another charge added when his preliminary hearing concluded Thursday.
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The local blues singer who was shot in the face, allegedly by her then partner, testified at his preliminary hearing Wednesday that she was concerned for the safety of others when she tried to block him from leaving their apartment while he was
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A resident of the home where missing McKinleyville man Jerry George was last seen was arrested Monday on suspicion of murder. The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office said investigators and members of the Eureka Police Department’s Problem
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A Mendocino Coast boy who was just 14 when he was charged as an adult for murder was sentenced Friday to 10 years in a state juvenile correctional facility. That’s less time than Marcos Escareno, now 17, might have served had he been charged as a juvenile for slaying Enoc Cruz.
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A Mendocino County Superior Court judge has appointed doctors to evaluate a 60-year-old Laytonville man who overdosed twice on drugs when his murder trial had gone to the jury in February.
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The trial of Terry Allen Cohen, 60, of Laytonville, for the murder of Sean Jason Piper, 38, of Sonoma, ended last Wednesday with a hung jury. The jury had voted 10-2 to convict Cohen of first-degree murder.
Tags: California, Humboldt, Laytonville, murder, Northern California, Trial, vote, Willits
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After the threat of protests shut down several reggae shows in the past few months, activists, music promoters, and venue owners hope to come to a resolution on what’s been dubbed “murder music.
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Today marks 150 years since the massacre of Wiyot people at Indian Island, just off the Eureka waterfront. The brutal event, in which mostly women and children were killed by white men from Eureka with hatchets and clubs, is the most well-known of a series of other genocidal acts that happened that day and surrounding days.
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The murder trial of Laytonville man Terry Cohen has been declared a mistrial. A Mendocino County Superior Court Judge ruled the trial a mistrial when the jury could not reach a unanimous decision Wednesday.
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Cellmate eyed after prisoner found dead
Pelican Bay State Prison officials are investigating the death of an inmate as a homicide.
Daniel Sierra, 55, was found unresponsive in his cell around 8:55 p.m. Saturday, and was pronounced dead about a half-hour later.
Sierra’s cellmate, Samuel Atwell, 39, is suspected in his death, though prison officials are not releasing details about the incident.
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One of two men arrested last week on suspicion of killing a Willow Creek man pleaded not guilty to the charges Wednesday while the other is expected to enter a plea today.
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Two men were booked over the weekend for the homicide of a willow creek man, now identified as forty-six year old William “Billie” Reid.
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