Body Discovered Near Mattole Beach
Yesterday at approximately 4:00 p.m., a hiker near the ocean discovered a body in the area of Mattole Beach which is near the mouth of the Mattole River not far from Petrolia. The body was recovered and brought to the Humboldt County Coroner’s Office.
According to Samantha Karges, spokesperson for the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office, “It appears the body had been in the ocean for some time.”
At this point, Karges said they couldn’t say for sure what the sex of the victim was. “We’re still working on identifying the body,” she explained. “We have an autopsy scheduled for tomorrow.”
There are two people, Hana Hammer and Bryan Moore Oberg, missing in the approximate area and, of course, the body may belong to neither of them.
Update 2:27 p.m.: Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office:
Humboldt County Sheriff’s Deputies recovered a body near Petrolia Wednesday afternoon.
On Feb. 21, 2018, at about 4:00 p.m., the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office received a report from a hiker who located the body in the Mattole Beach area.
The Petrolia Volunteer Fire Department and the Bureau of Land Management assisted in recovering the body.
The body is believed to have been deceased for some time and has not yet been identified.
An autopsy is scheduled for Friday, February 23.
Anyone with information about this case is encouraged to call the Sheriff’s Office at (707) 445-7251 or the Sheriff’s Office Crime Tip line at (707) 268-2539.
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Missing fisherman? Maybe? Or did they find the poor guy?…Dungee fisherman.
Maybe, but we prefer to say fisherperson so as not to sound sexist
So do we still “man” the pumps or “man” the lifeboats? We do have to be PC……
By the way, on the U-boats, there was the position of “Diesel stoker” and of course there`s nothing whatsoever to stoke on a Diesel engine. There was also an “Electric motor stoker” — even less to stoke.
Hard day for the family and friends. I hope it brings relief to recover and lay to rest their loved one. I have never heard once of a commercial fisherman referred to as a fisherperson. I have to wonder what group of people you are referring to when you say “we prefer’. If that’s really a term, it needs polishing. Maybe… Fishwhisperer, Fish-drag-on, or Fishonner?
Just “fisher.”
I have and in rhis case the term Crabber works perfectly, and if his body hasnt washed up around centerville beach it probably will eventually.
A really cruel place to be flippant, eh?
Quite. Look at some of these nimbys; fishwhispere, fishonner, diesel stoker, just fisher…(like it’s someone’s last name). This is supposed to be a rather safe space for honest discussion and dialect. Thank you 🙏🏿 Veteran’s Friend
Yes but its hicksville usa. Ever notice if you were to take a b&w picture of a lot of the people in the mugshots that grace loco they’d look jut like they blew out of the depression era dust bowl? Because… their relatives came to humboldt from oaklahoma and good old arkansas during the dustbowl.
Actresses now call themselves actors.
That was my guess. Crabber. God speed on your soul
could it possibly be Jeremy Ashley?
Any updates from the autopsy report?
Kym, have you heard any updates about the autopsy?
I did not. I have it on my list to ask about on Monday.
Any update ?
I am questioning if the person in the article was a friend of mine. Any additional information on this situation would be extremely helpful.
At this point, law enforcement is waiting for DNA results before identifying the body.
Thank you for that information. I don’t believe that this person is my friend then.