Memorial Day has typically celebrated the kickoff of summer with barbecues, sales, and parties. It’s an entire weekend celebrating the freedoms afforded to us by living in the greatest country in the world. While you’re enjoying this, remember to honor and thank the...
In December 2018, Tanner Seals brutally murdered Helen McKinney (formerly Helen Hoover) in her home. Ms. McKinney’s family became concerned when she stopped responding to their calls and text messages. They had last seen her on Thanksgiving. When a family member went...
41 Elected District Attorneys Challenge Early Release of 76,000 State Prison Inmates. El Dorado County District Attorney Vern Pierson announced today that he and 40 elected District Attorneys across California, have filed a petition with the Secretary of the...
An El Dorado County judge sentenced an impaired driver who caused the deaths of two persons in a vehicle collision to life in state prison following a guilty plea to Penal Code section 187, murder in the second degree, Vehicle Code section 191.5 (a), gross vehicular...
PRESS RELEASE Known only as Jane Doe for four decades, Rebecca Dinkel is finally returned to her family In 1974, thirty-seven-year-old Nancy Webster was at a cafe with her nineteen-year-old daughter, Rebecca Dinkel, in the Garden Valley area of El Dorado County. The...
PRESS RELEASE Solved Using Genetic Genealogy Two Separate Decades-Old Murder Cases Solved Using Genetic Genealogy Twenty-seven year old Brynn Rainey was killed in 1977. Her body was found in a shallow grave by passing horseback riders near Stateline Stables in South...
