On June 10, 2019, at approximately 2000 hours, a Deputy Coroner Investigator was dispatched to Whiskeytown National Recreation Area for a death investigation. It was determined that an adult male was swimming in the lake when a witness observed… Continue Reading
On July 6, 2018, at approximately 2100 hours, a Deputy Coroner Investigator was dispatched to Burney Falls in Burney, California. It was reported that an adult male jumped off the falls, but did not re-surface. The Shasta County Sheriff’s Office… Continue Reading
In the last week, Whiskeytown Lake experienced two drowning incidents and some near drownings at various locations within the park. Lifeguards at Brandy Creek Beach perform about 25-40 swimmer assists or near drowning rescues each summer season. That accounts for… Continue Reading
On Saturday, July 4, 2015, Mr. Eder Gustavo Sanchez-Perez of Modesto, California, drowned while swimming at Brandy Creek Beach in Whiskeytown National Recreation Area. Family members last saw Mr. Sanchez-Perez around 3 p.m. swimming in the vicinity of the Brandy… Continue Reading
On 9-6-2014, at 1824 hrs, the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office Boating Safety Unit Officer Steve Heyde was patrolling on Shasta Lake when he was dispatched to a possible drowning in the Squaw Arm of Shasta Lake. The Victim was on… Continue Reading
When I was about four years old, I got lost. The year was 1960 and the place was Disneyland. I was filled with so much fear I thought it would choke me. Continue Reading
On 07/20/2014, the Shasta County Sheriff’s Boating Safety Unit responded to a report of a man who had overturned in his canoe, in the Sacramento River. The boating unit and Sheriff’s dive team have been searching the area for the… Continue Reading
On 7-20-2014 at approximately 1420 hours, the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office received a call of an overturned vessel on the Sacramento River. The Sheriff’s Office Boating Unit that patrols the river responded to the area of “Wyndham Riffle” along with… Continue Reading
Update, Aug. 15: The man who presumably drowned while swimming in Lake Shasta’s Hirz Bay has been named today as Danny Savath of Oakland, Shasta County Coroner-Investigator Teri Veazey said. Savath’s cause of death is pending toxicology test results. *****… Continue Reading
Shasta Lake’s John Lee Morales, 50, was charged with two counts of felony child endangerment today following the tragic death of his 11-year-old daughter in a rafting accident on July 18.
While Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko and District Attorney Jerry Benito held a press conference to announce the charges, Morales pleaded not guilty in Shasta County Court. Continue Reading
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