Khadijah Britton, MMIW: Former Cop on the Case Speaks Out

In February of 2018, Negie Fallis is believed to have kidnapped Khadijah Britton from the home of someone she knew in the Covelo area in Mendocino County. As far as law enforcement knows, Khadijah was never seen again. She is believed to have been murdered.

On March 4 of this year, Trent James, a former officer with the Mendocino Sheriff’s Department and the Willits Police Department who worked on the case posted a video about the investigation into her death. He revealed a number of details about the case in the 47 minute video embedded above.

A screenshot from the Trent James video showing Khadijah Britton’s mouth after an alleged assault from Negie Fallis.

He said that on January 30, 2018 Khadijah reported a horrific assault on her by Negie. She said he had beaten her after she tried to leave the relationship. He punched, kicked and even used a hammer on her.

According to James’ detailed account, Khadijah later recanted her accusations. Eventually, James says, on the 7th or 8th of February Khadijah called Negie Tony Fallis from a home in the Covelo area. James says that witness accounts say Negie showed up there and kidnapped Khadijah.

Khadijah Britton and her suspected abductor, Negie Fallis.

James said he personally spoke to the girl that drove Negie and Khadijah away from there. The girl said that eventually she let Negie and Khadijah out of the vehicle (James provides video of the area where the girl says she let them out).  But she said that about a half hour after she let them out Negie called her crying saying he screwed up. No credible witness, according to James, has ever seen Khadijah again.

James goes on to give a number of details. He said that 40+ search warrants were served in the course of looking into the Khadijah case. He said that there was even what James called “a shallow grave” found at Negie’s mother’s home with a cell phone.

James goes to Covelo and interviews Khadijah’s grandfather who blames jurisdiction issues on the failure of the system to convict Fallis of his granddaughter’s murder.

Fallis is currently in prison. (Trent says that he was the officer that located Fallis, a felon, with the firearms that led to the arrest that currently has Fallis behind bars.) But he says, Fallis is likely to be out this December. He asks for the community’s help in getting information that will lead to finding Khadijah’s body.

Earlier Chapters:

• Woman Missing After Allegedly Abducted by Boyfriend
• Suspect in Disappearance of Missing woman Arrested Last Night/ She Has Not Yet Been Located
• After Capturing Her Kidnapping Suspect, Mendocino County Sheriff’s Department Searching for Missing Woman
• $10,000 Reward in Khadijah Britton Kidnap Case
• Family Ups Reward to $25,000 in Khadijah Britton Kidnapping Case
• Missing Woman’s Family Increases Reward for Information to $60,000
• Close to 75 Searchers Including National Guard, Helicopter, and Six Dogs in Covelo Area Looking for Abducted Woman, Khadijah Britton
• Over 100 People Searched for Kidnapped Woman Today But She Wasn’t Found
• Couple Allegedly Connected to Missing Woman’s Case Pled Guilty to Other Charges
• Charges Against Only Suspect in Disappearance of Khadijah Britton Reduced
• ‘Numerous Rumors’ Have Mendocino Sheriff Leading Multi-Agency Search for Khadijah Britton, Missing Covelo Woman
• Searchers Drain Pond in Covelo Area Searching for Missing Woman, Khadijah Britton
• Family Members of Khadijah Britton Attend a Protest for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People on the Same Day the Suspect in Her Disappearance Faces Federal Charges
• Activists for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Rally to Remember Khadijah Britton Three Years After She Disappeared
• The FBI Will Join Mendocino Sheriff Matt Kendall for Facebook Live Announcement About Missing Woman, Khadijah Britton
• ‘Somebody Knows’: FBI Offers $10,000 Reward For Information Leading to Khadijah Britton
• Over Two Hundred Mendocino County Residents Gather in Ukiah to Celebrate Mural Depicting Round Valley’s Khadijah Britton
• Four Years After Disappearing, the Fate of Round Valley’s Khadijah Britton Haunts Her Family and Local Law Enforcement