Woman With Children Searched for Missing Husband Early This Morning; Body Located Not Far From Crash
One person has been reported dead today, after a crash last night off Hwy 101 near Laytonville north of Shimmons Ridge Road. We pieced together what we can through scanner and information on the CHP CAD page.
At approximately 4:19 this morning, a woman and two children ran out of gas in northern Mendocino, according to the CHP Traffic Incident Information Page. The woman told officers that she was looking for her husband who was supposed to have crashed somewhere in the Laytonville area and may have gone off the roadway into the water.
Officers were able to get gas to the woman and her family.
At 9:02 a.m., the husband’s vehicle was located approximately 30 feet off Hwy 101. It had gone over the embankment and landed on river rocks. But the passenger door was open and there was no one inside.
Officers and firefighters attempted to locate the missing man without success for some time.
Eventually, at 12:20 p.m., a body was located 100 yards west off the roadway. The CHP is now reporting this as a fatal accident.
Please remember that information gathered from initial reports is subject to revision as more facts become available.
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This is absolutely heart wrenching. ☹️
Omg…how heart breaking.
Yes, it really is…
So sorry to the family.
How did she know her husband had crashed? Seems kind of weird
We don’t know but…I assume he called her.
That is what he did!
Because he called her after, he was still alive and tried to get help!!! Keep ur nasty judgements to your self!!!! If you dont know, find out!!!! Keep quite if u have nothing positive to say for his babies amd wife at home
Please don’t assume the worst about other people’s insensitivity. If you take “curious” at her word, she was just asking.
I think this is shocking to all of us. It sure is to me. I know we all process shock and grief differently.
A thought for everyone: When the beloved father and mate of a young family in my community tragically died, we all did our very deep grieving and offered immediate support.
My family and several other people then committed, informally but with acknowledgement of the circle, to become god parents to the family for the rest of the children’s youth. As I said at the time, I couldn’t take the loss but I absolutely was not going to let it spiral down to become four tragedies. We sometimes did more than we could and often did all that we could. There were about a dozen of us engaged at different levels. Ten of us did intensive support at various times.
Thirteen years later both kids are now relatively happy and engaged adults, and the mom (with a new long term partner) is now caring for other people’s babies who are facing struggles of their own
That’s awesome to take a role if god parents just know it goes beyond the youth and is blessing
This is wonderful, god bless you. And Stacey and her babies.
“Seems king of weird” is assuming foul play !!! Dont assume when you dont know the full story
Sorry, Jennifer L, where were the “nasty judgements”?
The person said; Seems kinda weird
That’s the judgement and yes it is a judgement that didn’t need to be said…. Someone’s clearly seeking attention and they got it!
There’s also apps like 360 that will alert you of a crash
He called her
People who know nothing about the subject in witch they speak, should not be speaking of it!!!!
His last call was to his wife…..if you dont got anything good to say then shut the fuck up…..
Shut your trap!! You are talking about my daughter and son in law. We are all devastated by this.
he called her, this is a friend. can u imagine your spouse calling you and telling you i crashed and flew 30 ft off an embankment i dont know if im going to make it and try so hard to get to his family. THIS IS NOT WEIRD ITS A TRAVESTY. so now u know your welcome!
Oh no, this is awful. My heart goes out to the family…
I am deeply saddened that the outcome was sad. My heart goes out to the woman and her children. I pray God will give her strength to get through this most difficult time. May he RIP. Thank you to the CHP officer’s and the Firefighters for your sad work locating him.
Is it just me? It sounds like the wife was the only person notified of the husband’s crash and was the only one looking for him… until she ran out of gas and officers showed up.
It’s just you
I think he crashed and called her. He may have had internal bleeding he wasnt aware of and got out of the car so she could find him.
That’s what I get out of it, as well. ‘ASSUMING ‘ he crawled out and was able to call her before succumbing to his injuries. Very sad indeed.
To me it sounded like he crashed bringing the children and her gas. Perhaps she knew because they were on the phone when it happened. Still a tragic event. My heart goes out to all involved.
Not just you wouldn’t you think 911 would have been called first
Well, my first thought was also…”now that’s odd…” but to answer your question…it’s my experience a man would call his wife or mother long before 911 or before asking for directions from a stranger.
And we won’t burden her with what she could have done. She’s already under that rock rooting around as any of us would be.
You do what you do and you don’t expect tragedy because its never come before.
Yes, I probably don’t know these folks but I can’t stop wishing for a way to rewrite the outcome. What a heartbreak.
❤️️
My friend and I saw this, how very sad.?
If a phone conversation did take place why did nobody call 911 ?
He probably knew he wasn’t going to make it, I’d rather speak to my loved one before I die than the police. Y’all need to stop assuming and asking stupid questions!
Perhaps she should have called chp first but sounds like she didn’t and doesn’t matter much now. I think making clear decisions in that kind of situation is easier said than done. Cars man. Watch out they are more dangerous than guns. Sorry for families loss
Well if the CHP wasn’t called and a private search was conducted it does raise questions. maybe help could have gotten there sooner. RIP
It is strange to take your kids out by yourself in the middle of the night to search I’d call 911 first and tell them what’s going on so they could search too! Fire and ambulance would have been called out right away! Maybe she didn’t think he was hurt very bad.
It’s not strange at all. He may have felt fine at the time of his call. It took many hours to reach him, so very sad.
Why are people wrestling with the
“why’s “ instead of the sorrow? Perhaps it’s human nature to avoid the reality of death….
It’s not strange at all…. If you have never experienced this kind or any kind of tagic shit then shut the hell up people, you have zero clue how the mind works in these situations… Stop assuming bullshit because this poor family does not need it! Assholes
Yes and the sad part is that sometimes things are handled differently because of shady stuff like dui, warrants, immigration status etc.
Build the wall?
Your missed greatly already. Our hearts are broken for you took a piece of each of us with you. May Grandfather guide you safely as you take your last journey home. Our love is yours.
??Condolences and prayers to the family. ??
If you read the comments section on LoCo (Facebook), a woman is claiming her husband narrowly missed the man in this story while traveling. They stated he was in the fast lane, and they had to swerve to avoid hitting him. If you look at her FB page, she wrote about what happened, before these stories were released. When it was released, she realized it was the same man. Not sure if they ever called the authorities. Given that, I almost wonder if he did know he was injured and was just trying to desperately flag someone down and either got hit or succumbed to his injuries? Maybe he was trying to walk across the highway and get into town and got hit? The areas surrounding Laytonville have super spotty reception. Maybe he was able to call or text his wife, but had a hard time getting through to the authorities? Who knows. Unless the coroner’s report is released, we may never know. But all this speculation about how it seems suspicious, isn’t fair at all to the wife and kids.
FFS could you put in a link? Maybe someone will. I could not find the article on Lost Coast OutPost facebook page or their web page. I could not find the woman’s comments of Redhead’s facebook page either.
Liz, I can’t seem to locate the article on LOCO either, but if you type https://www.facebook.com/brandytaylor.707 in on your browser, scroll down to her post from Nov. 3, this man is whom she was referring to. She had confirmed it on the article, but I’ll have to do some more searching to find that.
Rip Reggie. So sad to hear this news. Story is he crashed off the road in the early morning hours and called his family for assistance after crashing, car wasnt found till 9:00 am, but Reggie wasnt found till mid day Sunday. Note the temperature was in the 30’s Saturday night. Officers claimed they searched the area with dogs, but they did not find Reggie. His family later found him 100 yards away. Perhaps head injury, perhaps internal injury, perhaps hypothermia….. coronors report will tell all.
That’s right! His family found him, not the officers or firemen or search & rescue. His family! Not even 100 yards away from his car. So no one searched for him except the people who loved him & they never stopped until he was found. Thank God, they didn’t stop like the professionals……. RIP Reggie
Poor woman. I went they similar with my mom.
What difference does it make ??? Your not helping anything with all the speculation. Let this poor woman grieve. I don’t understand how you people can think it’s okay to put your 2 cents in this. Ok busy body people with nothing better to do.
dont drive shitfaced. its bad for your health.
YOU NEED TO SHUT THE FUCK UP… It is not ok to comment this … You have zero clue…. POS LOSER
You no nothing about him or if he even drank or not [edit].. tend to your own shit!
It was in the 30’s Saturday Night, the wife said he may have crashed into water and was looking for him at 4:00am when she ran out of gas, it may have been hypothermia mixed with a head injury or if he had been drinking…. Hypothermia : How cold does it have to be for hypothermia to set in?
Hypothermia can occur when you are exposed to cold air, water, wind, or rain. Your body temperature can drop to a low level at temperatures of 50°F (10°C) or higher in wet and windy weather, or if you are in 60°F (16°C) to 70°F (21°C) water…. very possibly hypothermia if he crashed into water.
911 was called and the cops gave up on him not once but twice, they didn’t do their job and had no remorse. His two best friends were forced to find him because our local law enforcement didn’t give a shit. This isn’t the first time something like this has happened and I am sure this won’t be the last. I hope the “search party” sleeps well knowing they did nothing to help.
I feel the same inless it was one of there family members.i dont want to get dirty, walk over rocks, get swety, or step in water etc……my prayers go out to all the family.love you bro.
CHP should be wearing hiking boots and outdoor clothing in Northern California and not be so prissy and scared to get dirty or scratched that they dont check the scene of an accident for an ejected victim. This man was 100 yards away from the Patrol car but the CHP officer was too “clean” to get off his rump and find the injured man who eventually succumbed to his injuries, he either bled out internally or froze to death. The emergency response by CHP officers needs to be looked into by the CHP internal affairs. Why did officers not conduct a thorough search for victims or injured parties, why were the family memebers looking while CHP sat in the cars with their car idling and heater on. Why couldn’t they find an injured man less than 100 yards away. Why is there no official press releade which explaijs in detail the circumstances? Please look into this for a follow up Kym Kemp! Thanks
I agree with you 150% there is more to this story and the truth needs to come out. Thank you for this!