CA CA - Nicholas Patterson, 26, Lookout/Hat Creek, 4 Jan 2020

[lindamichelle1]

The only update I can see is 4 months ago someone reshared his post and asked if he was still missing and was confirmed that he was.

 

[Auntie Cipation]

Last seen in Hat Creek area in 2020, rally & vigil planned for missing Pit River Tribal member Nick Patterson

SHASTA COUNTY, Calif., — Family, friends, and loved ones of a missing Pit River Tribal member who was last seen two years ago, in January 2020, are planning an advocacy rally and prayer vigil to bring awareness to his disappearance later this week.

The event, which is scheduled for Wednesday morning, Jan. 5, at 10 a.m., will be held at the US District Courthouse located at 2986 Bechelli Lane in Redding.

 

[PommyMommy]

JAN 5, 2021
Family of missing man Nicholas Patterson hosts rally two years after his disappearance | KRCR (krcrtv.com)
[...]

"It feels good to have support, but you also feel the other end of emotion, in pain," LC [Nicholas' aunt] said. "To this day, we still don't know, still don't have an answer, so we've had a lot of stories but no answers. I guess justice would be nice, very very nice, but right now we're just worried about trying to get him home to bury him."

[...]

 

[Auntie Cipation]

Posted on facebook today:



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[smoriot]

I read about Nick a little while ago and having been watching many search and recovery dive team videos my mind went to what water is near by, there is a lot. That being said I do not know if Nick was driving or walking, I compiled a list of bodies of water within an hour (driving) radius of Hat Creek:

Lake Britton
Soldier Mtn. Resevoir
Horr Pond
Rising River Lake
Baum Lake
Haynes Resevoir
Terry Lake
Hatchet Creek
Pit 4, 5, 6 and 7 Resevoirs
Fall River
Pit River
Beaver Creek
Murken Lake
Hat Creek
Lake Eiler
Burney Creek
Hatchet Creek
Roaring Creek

Some factors like how he left home, favorite spots, cell phone pings if there were any could narrow down or broaden our search for him.

 

[Auntie Cipation]

Nick was featured in this segment of "Race in America" which focuses on Indigenous Americans and the Pit River Tribe in particular.

Nick's segment starts about 16 minutes in.

Race in America: The Conversation (Nov. 17, 2022)

Watch the 19th episode of Race in America: The Conversation that aired on Nov. 17, 2022.

www.nbcbayarea.com

 

[Caring1]

Bump for Nick

He has a tattoo on his left arm of three fish.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

 

[Auntie Cipation]

There was a Pit River Tribe Prayer Walk today in Alturas to honor Nick Patterson. Here is a facebook reel from the local newspaper, which appears to say (I find it hard to read the text) that the Sheriff's Office announced that remains were found last year which were confirmed to be those of Nick.

14K views · 272 reactions | Modoc County Sheriffs Office revealed an update on the disappearance of Nick Patterson at the Pit River Tribe Prayer Walk. Please keep Nicks family in your prayers. #pitrivertribe #pitriver #modoccounty | Modoc County Reco

Modoc County Sheriffs Office revealed an update on the disappearance of Nick Patterson at the Pit River Tribe Prayer Walk. Please keep Nicks family in your prayers. #pitrivertribe #pitriver...

www.facebook.com

 

[Auntie Cipation]

And now a facebook post, including a press release, from the Modoc County Sheriff's Office directly.

https://www.facebook.com/modoccountysheriff/posts/pfbid0njGiHByySxrfteKmbViMnMcPtM2fGJhZ36RGqg7iAVbvWpL6tBYV3HBtY79MVFy9l

 

[TwinkieDefense]

April 7, 2025 update

Missing man's remains identified in Modoc County

Nicholas Patterson was reported missing in 2020. His remains were found in 2024.

www.actionnewsnow.com

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[…] Due to the ongoing investigation, the family chose not to release the information at the time.

[…]

 

[imstilla.grandma]

“He was a big boy,” she said. “It was just weird to me, because my big old boy fit in this little box. It made me mad, but at the same time, it was good to hold him again.”

Craig is a member of the Pit River Tribe, whose ancestral homeland is located in Northern California

Members of the Pit River Tribe and more look for the remains of Nick Patterson at a grid search in the Lookout area on June 28. Photo by Madison Holcomb
Nick’s cause of death still hasn’t been officially determined. For various reasons, Craig said she thinks her son was murdered, though law enforcement hasn’t shared any evidence to back that idea.

In late June, dissatisfied with the Modoc Sheriff’s Office’s prior efforts, Craig organized a grid search to try to look for more of Nick’s remains. About 20 people were involved, including family, members of the Pit River Tribe and the Modoc County Sheriff’s Office. The search went on for around seven hours, and cadaver dogs were used to try to find human remains. A few bones were found, but they still need to be tested to see if they’re human.

Amanda Geopfert, a member of the Madesi band of the Pit River Tribe who attended the search for additional bones, said the mishandling of Nick’s remains has reinforced her belief that law enforcement hasn’t done enough for his case.

“I feel like every step of the way, the system has failed their family and failed Nick, even as far as losing his remains,” Geopfert said

In Northern California, Lynette Craig is still fighting to find justice for her Native son in a broken system – Shasta Scout

After his disappearance in 2020, Nick Patterson’s mother said she received only limited help from law enforcement. The lengths she went to — to discover the truth and recover the rest of her son’s body — illustrate the profound systemic failures Native families face in the search for their...

shastascout.org