Found Deceased CA - Joseph Viveiros, 19, Hoopa, 22 Apr 2024

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May 2, 2024 article

Today is Missing Fortuna Man's 20th Birthday - KIEM-TV | Redwood News

Today is missing Joseph Viveiros’ 20th birthday. His family spend his birthday’s eve searching the Trinity River from Tish Tang to Weichpec. Joseph was last seen Monday, April 22nd at around 3:30pm. The Tish Tang campground just south of Hoopa is his last known location. He was supposedly...

kiem-tv.com

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The Tish Tang campground just south of Hoopa is his last known location. He was supposedly helping save a friend from a rock across the river when he disappeared.

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“My niece went to go get the phone and the wallet back from her, and she wouldn’t give it back to my niece,” she told me. “And then the police, the Arcata police had to go and get it from her. And then she had factory reset the phone and took his ID out of his wallet.”

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Sheriff's Office Issues Statement on Fortuna Teen Who Went Missing and Presumably Drowned While Attempting to Rescue a Girl in the Trinity Last Week

lostcoastoutpost.com

Nineteen-year-old Joseph Viveiros Dawson is still missing after he was reportedly swept away while attempting to rescue a girl from the Trinity River.

According to witnesses, a juvenile female had been swept away by the river current while attempting to cool off and two additional persons had jumped into the river in an attempt to rescue her.

 

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Found deceased.
https://kymkemp.com/2024/05/22/body-of-missing19-year-old-discovered-in-the-trinity-river/
Dawson’s death has been ruled accidental, with the cause of death determined to be probable drowning.

 

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Thank you @ifindedout.

Sad ending for a hero. Condolences to family and friends.