![]() Monday night police raided a house on the 2000 block of west McAndrews Road. “There’s a lot of accusations and a lot of rumors, I don’t know what to think,” said Westergard. Westergard said he doesn’t know what’s been going on and is more cautious now. like i said, these are active investigations so time is of the essence,” said Bowles. “We are interviewing people and using the polygraph examinations, we’ve done quite a few of those. The two homicides are active investigations and police are working with other agencies to make sure the murders aren’t tied to any other crimes. “These cases, the two homicides in Yreka, at this point in time, are not linked, at all to each other,” said Chief Bowles. Police said despite their locations none of the deaths appear to be connected. The body found in November was Christopher Schafer and the body found July 9th has been identified as 62 year-old Henry Cooper. “We had an officer attend that pathology, the coroner’s pathology investigation and the pathologist informed us that the death is of natural causes,” said Yreka Police Chief Brian Bowles. Police received the results of the third body Tuesday and are now ruling out foul play. No homeless could be seen camped along Yreka Creek Tuesday afternoon after Yreka Police swept the area after a third body in eight months turned up. “There are no resources here anymore, they’re pretty much cutting everything out,” said Westergard. Homeless man Joseph Westergard said things have changed. There are no shelters, no steady food donations, but still a large homeless population in Yreka. Siskiyou County Sheriff Jon Lopey also says the extradition process will likely be completed on Monday. “There were some inconsistencies and there were some concerns that we had about the statements we received from individuals that were identified and interviewed during the investigation,” he said. MacCallum and Lubbers are in the Jackson County Jail and will soon be extradited to California for the duration of the criminal prosecution. ![]() MacCallum and another person, Amber Lubbers, were arrested Friday evening and charged with premeditated murder. The Siskiyou County Sheriff says an exhaustive investigation by multiple agencies lead to the charges. “She played the part of a grieving spouse searching for her lost husband and it was somewhat unusual that she would grant interviews with the news media,” the Sheriff said. The Siskiyou County Sheriff believes Patricia’s behavior after the death was somewhat unusual. She told police he didn’t return from a camping trip. His wife, Patricia MacCallum originally reported him missing. His body was found November 20th by search and rescue crews. Michael Christopher MacCallum was found dead of a gunshot wound at the bottom of steep cliff just over the Oregon/California boarder in Siskiyou County. The wife of murdered Medford man is in jail charged with his death.
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