On February 13, 2019, at approximately 0110 hours, a Deputy Coroner Investigator was dispatched to Mercy Medical Center in Redding, California in connection with a homicide investigation. The scene of the incident reportedly occurred at 8282 Equestrian Drive. Redding, California.
The decedent has now been positively identified as 69 year old Richard Westley Maxion of Redding, California. The decedent’s next-of-kin has been notified and a postmortem examination has been scheduled for next week. This case is still under investigation by the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office, Major Crimes Unit.