Fallis will go to trial on firearm charges Aug. 27

UKIAH, CA., 7/03/18 — Negie Fallis, the primary suspect in the disappearance of Khadijah Britton, will go to trial on August 27 for the charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm. This is the only charge currently being prosecuted against him. Fallis appeared in court on Monday for an arraignment on this charge, after being released from jail on bail on Sunday, where he’d been held since his arrest on February 19.

At a tense court proceeding on Monday, which had been rescheduled from Friday, Britton’s friends and family shuffled into Courtroom A of the Mendocino County Superior Court, to watch Fallis’ arraignment. Fallis entered wearing a t-shirt and jeans, and spoke briefly to his family, who were also present. He entered a no guilty plea sat quietly while the judge set the upcoming trial date. In the courthouse on Monday after the proceedings, Britton’s mother and other family members spoke of how much they missed her and that they wished they could have any insight about what happened to her, or where she might be. Wearing pins and shirts adorned with her face, and the slogans “bring her home,” “hope,” and “MMIW,” for the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women’s movement, they expressed hope that someone would come forward with any information to further the investigation, pointing out they were sure someone in Covelo would be able to help find her.