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Final day of Tyler McCain preliminary hearing: Surveillance, trackers, and data points, to ‘needle-in-a-haystack searches’ and October arraignment

Following eight days of sometimes graphic preliminary-hearing testimony about everything from domestic violence to body decomposition, visiting Judge Thomas Bender rendered a much-anticipated decision late Tuesday afternoon regarding Tyler McCain’s next legal steps. Reading from a prepared statement, Bender upheld… Continue Reading

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A secondhand murder confession described in Tyler McCain’s preliminary hearing

More stunning revelations in the Nikki Saelee-McCain murder case came to light Thursday on the seventh day of husband Tyler McCain’s preliminary hearing in Shasta County Superior Court. Two people who were living on McCain’s property in Happy Valley testified… Continue Reading

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Informant tells court he lied about Tyler McCain making confession in Nikki Saelee-McCain’s death

A confidential informant in the Nikki Saelee-McCain murder case told a detective last year that Tyler McCain admitted to killing his wife, but the informant abruptly reversed his story in court Wednesday. The informant, Frans Albert Nelson, spent all day… Continue Reading

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Day 3, Prelim Hearing: Enraged Tyler McCain Outburst, Ominous Notes, Suspicious Evidence Found in McCain’s Mother’s Garage

Up until this morning, Tyler McCain has sat stoic and still in his navy-and-orange jail attire beside attorney Michael Borges in the Shasta County Superior Courthouse. McCain has attended a trial readiness conference, and now several preliminary hearings to determine… Continue Reading