UPDATE: 3/31/23 — Per the results of an autopsy conducted Thursday, MCSO has confirmed that the injuries found on Whipple’s remains were a gunshot wound to the torso. The case is now being investigated as a homicide.
COVELO, 3/30/23 — Sheriff’s detectives are investigating a possible homicide reported early Wednesday morning in the Covelo area of unincorporated Mendocino County. Deputies were dispatched to the vicinity of the southern intersection of Tabor Lane and Little Lake Way around 4:30 a.m. on a report of an injured man. Investigators believe he may have been shot.Â
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