CA CA - Nikki McCain, 39, Redding, 17 May 2024

[Knox]

Nikki's sister posted a picture yesterday saying how much she enjoyed dressing her kids up on Halloween. Sad to think of all the upcoming holidays they will also miss with their Mom.

 

[Knox]

Nikki's birthday was November 9th. Heartbreaking post from her sister on the Missing Page

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Missing seven months today ...

 

[otto]

Why hasn't there been an arrest? Investigators must have cell data by now. Where's her phone ... last ping? Where was her husband's phone from May 16 to May 21? As the family says, someone beyond her husband knows what happened.

May 7 - text to sister about separation/ planned divorce
May 17 - with husband's family at hospital, husband absent
May 17 - text to sister about dropping off mother-in-law's vehicle
May 17 evening - no response
May 21 - sister reports that she is missing
May 31 - husband due in court for DV charges
August - DV charges dropped (key witness is missing)

1. she was with his sister at his mom's house, took an uber
2. she was with his sister at his mom's house, walked off
3. she was with him at his house, had an argument
4. she might have walked off
5. she ran off with her lesbian lover
6. she took off with a boyfriend to Vegas
7. he claimed to be a "happy couple", got along great

"During previous incidents and flare-ups in the couple's relationship – whereby Nikki would leave and stay with a family member or friend for a few days at a time – the two women say Tyler would ask them to, "Tell her I love her. Tell her I'm sorry."

But this time, Chloe and Kaye say Tyler responded, "I think she's missing. I don't know. I think she's missing."
...

"He told my brother a different story each time," claimed Chloe. "In one, he said he got into an argument with my sister at his mom's house and she walked off and took an Uber.

"And then he said, 'Well, she might have walked off.' He also later claimed the argument took place at his house and not his mom's house.

Chloe's brother continued to press Tyler on the details of that night, which agitated him after a while, allegedly prompting him to hiss, "Are you recording me? What are you a cop? Why do you keep questioning me?

"He then told my brother that she had 'run off with her lesbian lover and that she had also taken off with a boyfriend to Vegas,'" claimed Chloe.
...

According to the report, Tyler also offered the police "inconsistent" statements, first claiming he believed Nikki was having an affair with another woman and later stating they "got along great, and have been together as a happy couple" for years."

Missing woman's sisters slam conflicting stories from husband's family

THE final movements of a mom who vanished three months ago are still unclear to her family – with those among the last to see her alive incapable of getting their stories straight. Nikki Cheng Sael…

www.the-sun.com

 

[Knox]

Why hasn't there been an arrest? Investigators must have cell data by now. Where's her phone ... last ping? Where was her husband's phone from May 16 to May 21? As the family says, someone beyond her husband knows what happened.

May 7 - text to sister about separation/ planned divorce
May 17 - with husband's family at hospital, husband absent
May 17 - text to sister about dropping off mother-in-law's vehicle
May 17 evening - no response
May 21 - sister reports that she is missing
May 31 - husband due in court for DV charges
August - DV charges dropped (key witness is missing)

1. she was with his sister at his mom's house, took an uber
2. she was with his sister at his mom's house, walked off
3. she was with him at his house, had an argument
4. she might have walked off
5. she ran off with her lesbian lover
6. she took off with a boyfriend to Vegas
7. he claimed to be a "happy couple", got along great

"During previous incidents and flare-ups in the couple's relationship – whereby Nikki would leave and stay with a family member or friend for a few days at a time – the two women say Tyler would ask them to, "Tell her I love her. Tell her I'm sorry."

But this time, Chloe and Kaye say Tyler responded, "I think she's missing. I don't know. I think she's missing."
...

"He told my brother a different story each time," claimed Chloe. "In one, he said he got into an argument with my sister at his mom's house and she walked off and took an Uber.

"And then he said, 'Well, she might have walked off.' He also later claimed the argument took place at his house and not his mom's house.

Chloe's brother continued to press Tyler on the details of that night, which agitated him after a while, allegedly prompting him to hiss, "Are you recording me? What are you a cop? Why do you keep questioning me?

"He then told my brother that she had 'run off with her lesbian lover and that she had also taken off with a boyfriend to Vegas,'" claimed Chloe.
...

According to the report, Tyler also offered the police "inconsistent" statements, first claiming he believed Nikki was having an affair with another woman and later stating they "got along great, and have been together as a happy couple" for years."

Missing woman's sisters slam conflicting stories from husband's family

THE final movements of a mom who vanished three months ago are still unclear to her family – with those among the last to see her alive incapable of getting their stories straight. Nikki Cheng Sael…

www.the-sun.com

Many people are asking that very question. We can only hope SCSO is making progress behind the virtual wall of silence they have maintained. They don’t have the best record for solving cases in that jurisdiction. Neither does the DA’s Office.

 

[sunspun]

Why hasn't there been an arrest? Investigators must have cell data by now. Where's her phone ... last ping? Where was her husband's phone from May 16 to May 21? As the family says, someone beyond her husband knows what happened.

May 7 - text to sister about separation/ planned divorce
May 17 - with husband's family at hospital, husband absent
May 17 - text to sister about dropping off mother-in-law's vehicle
May 17 evening - no response
May 21 - sister reports that she is missing
May 31 - husband due in court for DV charges
August - DV charges dropped (key witness is missing)

1. she was with his sister at his mom's house, took an uber
2. she was with his sister at his mom's house, walked off
3. she was with him at his house, had an argument
4. she might have walked off
5. she ran off with her lesbian lover
6. she took off with a boyfriend to Vegas
7. he claimed to be a "happy couple", got along great

"During previous incidents and flare-ups in the couple's relationship – whereby Nikki would leave and stay with a family member or friend for a few days at a time – the two women say Tyler would ask them to, "Tell her I love her. Tell her I'm sorry."

But this time, Chloe and Kaye say Tyler responded, "I think she's missing. I don't know. I think she's missing."
...

"He told my brother a different story each time," claimed Chloe. "In one, he said he got into an argument with my sister at his mom's house and she walked off and took an Uber.

"And then he said, 'Well, she might have walked off.' He also later claimed the argument took place at his house and not his mom's house.

Chloe's brother continued to press Tyler on the details of that night, which agitated him after a while, allegedly prompting him to hiss, "Are you recording me? What are you a cop? Why do you keep questioning me?

"He then told my brother that she had 'run off with her lesbian lover and that she had also taken off with a boyfriend to Vegas,'" claimed Chloe.
...

According to the report, Tyler also offered the police "inconsistent" statements, first claiming he believed Nikki was having an affair with another woman and later stating they "got along great, and have been together as a happy couple" for years."

Missing woman's sisters slam conflicting stories from husband's family

THE final movements of a mom who vanished three months ago are still unclear to her family – with those among the last to see her alive incapable of getting their stories straight. Nikki Cheng Sael…

www.the-sun.com

good summary, seems like plenty to go after him... maybe that's already happening. He's still locked up on "unrelated" charges, isn't he? (actually very related, imo!)

 

[otto]

Many people are asking that very question. We can only hope SCSO is making progress behind the virtual wall of silence they have maintained. They don’t have the best record for solving cases in that jurisdiction. Neither does the DA’s Office.

CCTV at the hospital and nearby parking lots should be easy to get. Same with cellphone triangulation and data. That info should be enough to zero in on who was where and when.

If investigators are waiting to find a body before they are willing to press charges, the forest fires in the same area where she may be can be enough to turn a body to ashes. Body or not, it seems obvious that she was last seen with his family, he admits to seeing her that evening and claims that there was an argument, there's a prior incident where he tried to kill her ... she filed DV charges, he had a DV court date two weeks after she disappeared, charges were stayed after she disappeared ... the most dangerous time for an abused woman is when she is trying to leave the relationship. She was divorcing him, and he knew it. Her only enemy was her husband.

 

[Knox]

CCTV at the hospital and nearby parking lots should be easy to get. Same with cellphone triangulation and data. That info should be enough to zero in on who was where and when.

If investigators are waiting to find a body before they are willing to press charges, the forest fires in the same area where she may be can be enough to turn a body to ashes. Body or not, it seems obvious that she was last seen with his family, he admits to seeing her that evening and claims that there was an argument, there's a prior incident where he tried to kill her ... she filed DV charges, he had a DV court date two weeks after she disappeared, charges were stayed after she disappeared ... the most dangerous time for an abused woman is when she is trying to leave the relationship. She was divorcing him, and he knew it. Her only enemy was her husband.

You literally have no idea the amount of information that is available in this case, but cannot be discussed here because of the sources.

If it was as easy/simple as your first paragraph implies, we wouldn’t be here seven months after the fact having this discussion. One bite at the apple is what I’m assuming …

 

[Knox]

A few days shy of six months now, the first Christmas without Nikki. Very sad for her kids and family.

 

[Knox]

Maxwell Tedford​

I sat down with the family of Nikki SaeLee McCain, whose been missing since May 18th of this year, to hear how they are doing, how they feel about the case so far, and what they have to say to anyone who might know where their loved one is.

Tune in tonight on KRCR News Channel 7 and krcrtv.com for the full story!

 

[Knox]

REDDING, California — It has now been about seven months since Nikki Saelee McCain disappeared, leaving family and friends still searching for answers.

On Nov. 9, Nikki Saelee McCain’s family celebrated her 40th birthday without her. Her sisters said while they have come to terms with the speed of the investigation, her absence still hurts.

"It’s important to know there is a whole community of support to whoever is brave enough to speak up," Kaye said. "Because I know there are very, very brave people out there who will stand up to bullies, stand up to threats. I know that they’re brave enough to speak up."

Family reflects on emotional toll and investigation progress in search for Nikki McCain

It has now been about seven months since Nikki Saelee McCain disappeared, leaving family and friends still searching for answers.On Nov. 9, Nikki Saelee McCain’

krcrtv.com

Full interview at link above.

 

[Knox]

Vanished: 19 disappearances that are still without answers in Redding, Shasta County

We want to know what happened in these Shasta County missing person cases that have remained unsolved for years.

www.redding.com

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=478950391538554

 

[Unalienable Rights]

Family of missing Shasta County woman again ask the public for help finding Nikki McCain

'It's been almost a year and ... she's still not home.' Family of Shasta County's Nikki McCain still hope someone can help solve her disappearance.

www.redding.com

It's been nearly a year since Nikki Cheng Saelee McCain, a 39-year-old Shasta County woman, went missing last May.

Her family isn't giving up hope that she'll be found.

On Monday, McCain's sister and other relatives held a press conference at the Shasta County Emergency Operations office near Redding Regional Airport to keep hope alive.

Article continues at link.

YouTube vid of full family press conference. Her husband spoke.

YouTube of husband's statement:

 

[pandamonium]

Multiple law enforcement agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Shasta County Sheriff's Office (SCSO), were seen in large numbers at a home off Olinda Road in the Happy Valley area on Friday morning.

FBI and local authorities swarm home of missing woman's husband in Happy Valley

Multiple law enforcement agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Shasta County Sheriff's Office (SCSO), were seen in large numbers

krcrtv.com

 

[Knox]

Tyler McCain, husband of missing Redding woman Nikki Saelee-McCain, speaks to media for first time since wife's disappearance

This morning, the husband and family of Nikki Cheng Saelee-McCain renewed their call for the public's help in the ongoing search for the missing Redding woman, as her disappearance nears

www.actionnewsnow.com

Tyler spoke at the PC held on Monday this week, when he spoke I thought it was the weakest plea for a missing wife I had ever heard ...

I hope this is a real development and this nightmare ends for Nikki's kids and loved ones.

 

[KooshBall]

Now considered a homicide investigation. Here is a link to the Shasta County Sheriff's Office press release:

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0JbSZMsYUZfDnheJaHC7tJNGnm8x567f5NG7A7AkJxC4BaFDkS1eW2pwjouoRySZFl&id=100064430363356

 

[Unalienable Rights]

From the press release:

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has been assisting with this investigation along with other local allied agencies. Detectives are asking for the public’s help with identifying a driver of a red in color truck who may have picked up a male adult in the area of Highway 36 in the western portion of Tehama County near the R Wild Horse Ranch or the Beegum Gorge bridge between May 18th & May 25th, 2024.

 

[Knox]

Earlier in the day Friday, Shasta County detectives, along with FBI and Homeland Security Agents, served a search warrant at the home where Saelee-McCain was living in Happy Valley at the time she was reported missing.

The sheriff's office said that evidence gathered in this and other search warrants as well as information obtained through various interviews allowed detectives to determine Saelee-McCain was a homicide victim.

Missing California woman Nikki Saelee-McCain now ruled victim of homicide

A Shasta County missing persons case involving Nikki Cheng Saelee-McCain, who was last seen in May 2024, has now been ruled a homicide, authorities said Friday.

www.cbsnews.com

Tick Tock ...

 

[Knox]

Now considered a homicide investigation. Here is a link to the Shasta County Sheriff's Office press release:

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0JbSZMsYUZfDnheJaHC7tJNGnm8x567f5NG7A7AkJxC4BaFDkS1eW2pwjouoRySZFl&id=100064430363356

It's clear to me why the FBI is involved (Tribal-Win River Casino). But why Homeland Security, same jurisdictional authority?

 

[imstilla.grandma]

 

[KooshBall]

The suspect(s) had so much time to dispose of evidence.