Family of four smiling outdoors, with two young boys standing beside a woman in a blue dress and a man holding a girl in a shiny blue outfit.
Nicholas Bakewell with his wife, Adrienne, and three children in an undated photo. Bakewell died while being arrested near Willits, Calif. in June 2025. A GoFundMe campaign is raising money for his family. (GoFundMe via Bay City News)

WILLITS, CA., 10/2/25 – Friends of a Willits man who died while being arrested have launched a GoFundMe campaign to support his family. 

The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office said that on June 5, Nicholas Bakewell allegedly assaulted a driver who had picked him up while he was hitchhiking northeast of Willits. 

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