[UPDATE: Located and Safe] Kylie Bones Believed to Be Missing
Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office:
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office needs the public’s help to locate missing person Kylie Bones, 24, of the Southern Humboldt area. Bones is believed to be missing under unknown circumstances.
Bones was reported missing by a friend on May 26, 2026, at approximately 10:00 a.m. after she failed to return from a float on the Eel River near Garberville. She was last contacted on May 24, 2026, at around 1:00 p.m.
Bones is described as a white female, approximately 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighing about 110 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.
Anyone with information for the Sheriff’s Office regarding Bones’ possible whereabouts should call the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office at (707) 445-7251.
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UPDATE 6:13 p.m.: HCSO sent out an update, “On May 26, 2026, 24-year-old Kylie Bones, who had been reported missing, was located and is safe. The missing person alert has been canceled.”
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Is this why the coasties are flying over garberville?
I pray that they will locate her and she will be ok. Since she was floating in the Eel River there is a chance, she lost her float and is stuck on a bank someplace along the way and is unable to climb out.
Its the South Fork Eel River “near Garberville”!
The comments on the RHBB Facebook page say she isn’t missing.
I saw that too hopefully it’s true and they will update this soon
Very good news!
Was she wearing a pfd? There are very deep places with vertical currents on the south fork, especially around high rock where many have drowned over the years. I hope that’s not the case.
The article has been updated some time ago to show that she has been located and is safe.
Very good news. Thanks Kym
Good news. A lot of people were hoping the best for you.
I am very happy to read that she has been located and is fine. Her being lost made me worry somewhat as I was afraid that she might have drown. To the person who gave me a red thumbs down, I guess you don’t care if people are found or not. Go get lost and see if someone will look for you. You are nothing more than a heartless person.