CA - Angela McConnell, 26, Michael Bingham, 31, murdered, Shasta Lake, Redding, September 7, 2018

[EastHumboldt]

Two Shasta Lake homicide victims identified — but not the suspect
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As it is still an active investigation few details have been released publicly.

Shasta Co. Sheriff's Office investigating City of Shasta Lake double homicide

It is known that McConnell and Bingham had been living with McConnell's family in Humboldt County in the weeks prior.

This conflicts with the report that they were living in a transient camp. Also note the articles place their discovery at both the camp and a physical residence.

It is unknown how they came to be in the Redding area 90 miles East of McConnell's hometown of Hoopa.

The family received news of McConnell's demise before they had realized she was missing so her disappearance went unreported.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Ang’s family hopes that the SCSO will continue to actively pursue those responsible for the murder of Angela because “her murderer(s) is(are) still out there somewhere.” Otherwise, the family will take the case to the Office of the Attorney General of California as has been done before when local law enforcement is “dragging its feet.”

The Hoopa tribe have matched the SCSO reward offer of $15,000 for a total $30,000. The Major Crimes Unit is urging anyone who has any information about the homicide to contact the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office at 530-245-6135 or the Anonymous Hotline at 530-243-2319.
Murder of Native woman in California still unsolved

 

[imstilla.grandma]

In the age of social media, there are several websites that people can search to learn about the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls epidemic. On Facebook, there exists a public group titled Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women USA.

At events to which they are invited, activists bring buttons, banners, shawls, and bandanas to bring awareness to the public about the epidemic.

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They believe that having tools provides the dramatic visuals that awaken people to the genocide that continues today. The MMIW movement is strong and supported by volunteers nationwide.
Murder of Native woman in California still unsolved

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Tammy Carpenter (left) and her daughter, Angela Lynn McConnell, share a loving moment on Angela's 26th birthday in December 2017. Angela was shot to death the following September. (Courtesy of Tammy Carpenter)

When Tammy Carpenter talks about her daughter, her posture straightens and laugh lines earned in better years brighten her eyes. She mimics Angela’s playful, rapid-fire way of speaking, and recalls her joyful giggle and generous heart.

“She was so caring and giving,” Carpenter said. “Very helpful to the family.”

Carpenter raised Angela and her younger brother, Ritchie, on the Hoopa Valley Reservation in Humboldt County — surrounded by big rivers, forests and a loving network of aunties and cousins. Carpenter said that Angela was proud of her Hoopa culture and other Indigenous roots: part Mojave, through her maternal grandmother, and on her dad’s side, part Karuk and Yurok, neighboring tribes in California’s rural north.

But Angela would join a much darker lineage — one that stretches back to colonization: Indigenous women disappearing, never to be found, and others turning up dead. Most cases, going cold. In September of 2018, Angela was shot to death at age 26. Her case is open but remains unsolved.
'You're Going to Know Who My Daughter Was': Families Demand Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women | KQED

 

[SpicyFruit]

Murder of Native woman in California still unsolved

A year ago, a grim discovery was made in California. A young Native woman was found shot in the head.

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On September 7, 2018, a grim discovery was made in the Shasta Lake, Calif. woods. A young Native woman was found shot in the head. She was so disfigured that her own mother, Tammy Carpenter, would not be allowed to identify her.


Later, she was identified by her fingerprints. That Native woman was Angela Lynne McConnell, 26 at the time of her death. She was of Hoopa and Mohave descent. “Ang,” as she was called, was an enrolled member of the Hoopa tribe and my niece."

 

[SpicyFruit]

Angela Lynne McConnell, age 26

Lost to gun violence on September 7, 2018 in Shasta Lake, California. Click to light a candle, post a photo, or tell the world about Angela.

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Family Run Facebook Memorial.

Justice for Angela McConnell

Justice for Angela McConnell. 465 likes. Angela McConnell was an enrolled member of the Hoopa Valley Tribe, and of Mohave, Yurok, & Karuk descent. She was murdered in Shasta Lake in 2018. There is a...

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[SpicyFruit]

Mom remains strong 'voice' for slain Native American daughter

A billboard about a mile from where the murders took place displays a smiling photo of Angela McConnell with information about a $30,000 reward.

www.redding.com

""Maybe if we walk, she's not forgotten," said McConnell's mother, Tammy Carpenter of Arcata. "I'm her voice. ... I have to go out there. It's a hard, hard walk. People can't understand what a mother goes through, losing their only daughter.""
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"The Shasta County Sheriff's Office identified the Sept. 7, 2018, gunshot victims as McConnell and 31-year-old Michael Thomas Bingham Jr. Deputies said they went to 500 Black Canyon Road just after noon that day where they found the pair dead in a homeless camp"
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"Carpenter said her daughter's death brought an awareness of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls movement to the Hoopa reservation. Carpenter said she's not only an advocate for her daughter but for other women who've been killed or gone missing in Northern California.

MMIW, also known as Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two Spirit People, has chronicled McConnell's murder, along with other cases in Northern California, in two reports containing interviews with Carpenter."

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""Part of that is because the information and numbers are poorly tracked," Alvarnaz said. "Really the name of missing and murdered people is a shorthand for a gendered experience of racial genocide that indigenous peoples have been experiencing in real-time.""

 

[SpicyFruit]

Michael Thomas Bingham Jr., age 31

Lost to gun violence on September 7, 2018 in Shasta Lake, California. Click to light a candle, post a photo, or tell the world about Michael.

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[SpicyFruit]

This is a really remote area. I can't understand why someone who did not live nearby or had reason to be there would be down that way.

Potentially someone they knew?

The area is remote & the street is a dead end that backs to a lot of trees and land. nothing else it seems.

495 Black Canyon Rd to 500 Black Canyon Rd

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[wendybtn]

The Emerald Triangle is a dangerous place, sadly.