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Prosecutors claim Nelson kidnapped Cook and took him to Hoopa. They allege Nelson eventually killed Cook by squeezing his neck and covering his mouth for more than two minutes.
Closing statements were made in Siskiyou County on Monday in the trial of a former Hoopa man accused of kidnapping and killing 6-year-old Willie Cook in 1976, according to the Siskiyou County Public Defender’s Office.
Jury selection for the retrial of a Fortuna Union High School teacher accused of having sex with a student is scheduled to begin today with a different prosecutor.
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Kayfetz next called to the stand Dr. Karl Fischer, a clinical psychologist and counselor for the Hoopa Tribe. Fischer stated that he had known Marshall for …
A private investigator hired 20 years ago to find the sole eyewitness to a 1987 murder in Eureka began testifying Tuesday at an evidence hearing that will determine whether the man convicted for the shooting two decades ago will receive a retrial.
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He said that he had allegedly seen Nelson take Cook around a corner to the van, hit the boy and throw him in the van before driving off toward Hoopa. …
A Humboldt County man accused of murdering his brother waived his right to a speedy trial Monday. A bail hearing was scheduled for next week. Roy Lee Stevens, 60, faces a charge of murder with a firearm enhancement for the June 16 death of his
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Nelson said he has been living in Hoopa for “33 to 35 years,” and prior to that had lived in Happy Camp for a couple of years after moving there from …
A motion by the prosecution to delay the trial of two men accused in a string of February robberies that left one Eureka man dead was denied by a judge on Wednesday.
A judge ruled Thursday that testimony from family members and Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office investigators was sufficient to hold a 60-year-old man over for trial on charges he murdered his brother.
The second trial of a Fortuna teacher accused of having sexual relations with a student was scheduled to begin jury selection Monday, but that has now been continued to next month.
A Eureka man charged with assaulting police officers and making threats against public employees was determined to be incompetent to stand trial and was taken out of the courtroom Tuesday for causing a disruption.
A judge ruled four of the five counts against a Eureka man accused of raping his ex-girlfriend were found to have sufficient evidence to go to trial, at the conclusion of his preliminary hearing on Friday.
A Fortuna teacher accused of having sexual relations with a student may have her second trial date continued next week. Deirdre Marie Peterson, 42, is charged with two counts for an alleged June 2008 encounter that reportedly occurred while the
A man convicted of statutory rape was sentenced Tuesday to three years and eight months in jail but he still faces charges of soliciting his victim’s murder from jail while he was awaiting trial.
