Sep 26, 2017

Body found in Miranda by the river, is HCSO investigating or even aware of this alleged discovery?


Body found in Miranda this weekend by the river?

Been trying all afternoon to find out whether this is an investigation HCSO is looking into or if they even know about this alleged discovery.

I received a tip  that calls were made in the last few days to people in the legal field, including attorneys about this alleged discovery.

Until I hear from HCSO, I won't describe the  condition of the body described in the tip.

Lt. Ken Swithenbank responded on September 27 and said, "haven't heard of one." But, then he sent me an email  with this followup at 8:17 a.m.

" I just realized you might be referring to a subject that was picked up by ambulance near 101 at Sylvandale north of Redway. He later passed. There  seems to be few details. Possibly jumped or fell from vehicle. Autopsy being performed today. "

And then another follow up at 10:36 a.m.

"Apparently that subject is still alive on life support. I was told he was dead. They are waiting for family to arrive from out of state. There is apparently no chance of him surviving however."

HCSO Press Release:

On 09/24/2017 at about 1:15 AM, 21 year old Drake Gammell (DOB 11/03/1995) sustained major injuries in an incident on Highway 254 just north of Phillipsville.  Gammell was taken to a local hospital where he was placed on life support. Gammell’s family, who reside outside of California, arrived at the hospital and Gammell was taken off of life support. Gammell succumbed to his injuries yesterday, 09/27/2017. An autopsy was conducted, and the investigation is ongoing to determine cause of death.





3 comments:

  1. Hey John anither tip:: these are quite possibly unrelated. I know nothing about a body in the river. Maybe there was one. If so, this p.r. is not about that.
    Or possibly the rumor got twisted before it got to you. The dead man in this p.r. was bludgeoned to death unless he jumped out of, and possibly in front of, the vehicle he was riding in.
    Was he driving or she? There are lots of other components to this mystery as well.
    Could you get swiddy to give up a few facts possibly??

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    1. Anon, you are correct that this press release is not connected to the original tip. I printed what HCSO told me. At this time, I cannot give more details. Checked with the source again, we will find out soon enough if the original tip was just "talk" or "truth".

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