The deaths of two younger girls whose our bodies had been discovered 4 days aside close to Ukiah will not be believed to be related, investigators say.
The deaths of Amber Dillon, 33, of Willits, and Alyssa Mae Sawdey, 22, of Ukiah, are thought-about suspicious and are being investigated by the sheriff’s places of work within the counties the place they had been discovered.
The map above exhibits the approximate places, 25 miles aside alongside Freeway 101.
1/ Dillon was discovered lifeless after somebody flagged down a California Freeway Patrol officer round 4 p.m. on Jan. 7 to report a attainable physique off Freeway 101 close to Geysers Street, north of Cloverville.
Sonoma County sheriff’s deputies discovered the physique “in a distant space off the freeway in a area,” the sheriff’s workplace mentioned. The identification was introduced on Jan. 11.
2/ Sawdey was discovered lifeless after a driver known as 911 round 10 a.m. Jan. 11 to report “an unresponsive particular person mendacity close to the roadway” close to Parducci Street and Christy Lane, an space of warehouses simply off 101 north of Ukiah.
Mendocino County sheriff’s deputies “positioned a deceased feminine grownup who was subsequently recognized as being Alyssa Mae Sawdey,” the workplace mentioned. The demise was deemed suspicious.
A forensic post-mortem was carried out Jan. 12; official outcomes aren’t anticipated to be launched “for a number of weeks,” the sheriff’s workplace mentioned.
In a Fb put up in regards to the earlier discovery, the Sonoma County sheriff’s workplace mentioned: “We perceive there may be loads of public curiosity on this case and speculations are being shared on social media. Our #1 precedence is to learn the way and why Ms. Dillon died.”
After the second discovery, Mendocino County sheriff’s Capt. Greg Van Patten mentioned, “At this level within the investigation, there isn't any indication that her demise is related” to the Sonoma County case.
