He was freaking out.. He said Ryan Tanner had made threats to burn his house down, Head said, and that a cabin had burned down on James Tanners property. Tanners trial confirmation date is set for March 7, and his jury trial is currently set for March 21. Also, identical Tanners father, James Tanner, said he was the owner of the two structures on the property where Garrett is believed to have been killed, Head said. Advertising supports our journalism. for Champagne, who said he saw Tanner kidnap Garrett and then shoot Showing I was still thinking cops were around me everywhere, like, I was hallucinating from having a bad experience, I guess.. About a foot under the muddy surface, Taylor saw something that at first, just looked like an object wrapped in clear plastic, Head testified under questioning by Deputy District Attorney Whitney Timm. (HCSO/Contributed) By Jackson Guilfoil |. She expects to wrap up her case by Wednesday. She said her son Jason had been kidnapped and tortured by a man named Ryan Tanner, Taylor said. 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These efforts succeeded in saving Garretts life, though not for long. After the sentencing today, Garretts uncle Robert Taylor, who traveled from Nevada, said Tanner didnt get enough. How many people will say great things about you? he asked Tanner, who sat at a table between his attorneys Russ Clanton and Zack Curtis. call Christopher Champagnes testimony bizarre.. Fri Jan 31, 2020 at 11:15am ET. See Photos. Acosta and Deputy District Attorney Whitney Timm are prosecuting the case. Log In. Ryan Champage described Garretts position as sitting with his butt on the bottom of the tub, knees-to-chest, holding his dog, like, kneeling down. Southern Humboldt resident Ryan Anthony Tanner has been scheduled for a May jury trial on 13 charges ranging from murder to domestic violence. makes sense when considering the conclusions of the arson Sometimes, Champagne said. Clanton said law The body was exhumed after Champagne went to law enforcement, and Tanner was arrested shortly afterward. On April 11, 2022, Tanner will be sentenced to 39 years in prison and will waive credit for the more than two years he has already served in jail. HCSO Seeking Attempted Murder Suspect Believed to Be Armed and Dangerous, Dick Taylor Announces They Will Build a New Chocolate Factory on Eurekas Waterfront . He told me if I didnt do it he was gonna kill us, Champagne said. Ryan Tanner. increasingly concerned with Tanners behavior. Defense attorney Russell Clanton argued that the entire case rested on circumstantial evidence. He was scared, begging for his life.. I was thirsty, hungry. Tanner was booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility on charges of murder (PC 187 . He was not living there at the time. that Tanner also murdered six law enforcement officers in the days after Garretts murder. Eyewitness Christopher Champagne had told law enforcement Garrett was buried there on Feb. 12 after Tanner first cut his throat, then shot him with an assault rifle. I was in fear for my life. Pierce said that might have been the source of the ensuing altercation with Tanner, during which she said he threatened her with an assault rifle. A judge ruled Wednesday that a Briceland man will stand trial for an Ettersburg homicide that took place in February. He then ordered Garrett at gunpoint to get in the truck and drove him to a cabin. Advertising supports our journalism. violence. Wees told investigators on a different incident that he found Natalie Pierce, her bread truck and a group of people camping at the bottom of his driveway, Head said. They left the dogs body next to a truck and drove Garretts to the top of the hill. Investigations can take twists and turns when relying on witness testimony, and thats why science and the work California Department of Justice criminalists do with DNA is so imperative to finding the truth. During the investigation of the case, Champagne had informed Humboldt County Sheriffs Department investigators that Tanner had threatened to kill him if he did not assist with the murder and subsequent burial of Garretts body. He later testified that he experiences short-term memory loss due to the traumatic brain injury he suffered from the gunshot wound. He also set fire to the van Garrett had been riding in and burned down his fathers cabin to hide evidence. Wees said he initially discredit Mr. Champagnes statement since he frequently made other outlandish statements, Head said. the investigation, many witnesses came forward to tell law . he was the guardian of the mountain and if thieves came on his property, they might end up dead.. reportedly was in the bed of that 4-Runner both when he was kidnapped Its Judge Kaleb Cockrum, in sentencing Tanner for a slew of charges including voluntary manslaughter, kidnapping and arson, indicated he thought Tanner was a poor candidate for rehabilitation. Ryan Anthony Tanner. Eyewitness Christopher. Timm told Judge John Feeney she has a number of witnesses to call, but all are law enforcement officers whose testimony should be brief. Later a woman found the knife, and Weece told her she could keep it. house. Shortly before 3 p.m. he said, seemingly to no one in particular, I dont feel good right now. And investigators arson investigators testified that this was not something that they considered to be accidental.. Ryan Tanner, who is accused of murder and kidnapping, was sentenced to 39 years in prison on April 11 after pleading guilty to several charges. Tanner ordered Champagne to get in the tub with Garrett and the dog and hold the tarp over all three, Champage said. Southern Humboldt resident Ryan Anthony Tanner stands accused of murder, kidnapping, arson, burglary, carjacking and assault with a deadly weapon, among other allegations stemming from the February killing of Jason Todd Garrett, 33, near Ettersburg. Also, Champagne owned a weapon of the same caliber as the one used to kill Garrett. neighbors and, on another occasion, stole a car from them while armed with a firearm. shell casings were found strewn around Tanners property and in his Feb 23, 2023 California DOJ criminalists are vital to law enforcement and criminal justice, said California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) President Alan Barcelona. Thomas MacLeod testified today that he retrieved as assault rifle found by a garbage collection company in Fortuna. Andrew Campbell, Humboldt County evidence technician, testified to finding cartridge cases in front of the grow house on the property, in the burnt out cabin and the bread van, all of which he said were sent to the Department of Justice for testing. Humboldt County Office of the District Attorney release: Today, jury selection in the matter of People v. Ryan Tanner (34) was interrupted when Tanner, through his Campbell also testified to doing a fingerprint test on one firearm related to the case, which didnt turn up fingerprints, and has yet to test another firearm. UPDATE: No Name Released of Victim in Homicide Case That Resulted in SWAT Searching China Creek Earlier Chapters: Baseball Bat Attack on Briceland Rd. noted. Tanner made no statement at the sentencing. Although The incident happened a year-and-a-half to two years before the killing of Garrett, Champagne said, and all he remembers is waking up in a yard, bleeding. Ryan Anthony Tanner, 32, was arrested at about 7:15 p.m. Monday at a home on Briceland Road and booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility on suspicion of murder, exhibiting a firearm,. Wees told investigators Ryan Tanner threatened him when they first met, five or so months before Garretts death, because he did not know him as a local and stated he should kill him, Head said. and after he was shot. 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Tanner refused to take Garrett to the hospital, instead taking him to a nearby house where friends and neighbors gathered and ate tacos, Champagne said. Testimony is expected to continue Monday morning, with Head being cross-examined by defense attorney Russ Clanton. Arson investigators testimony also corroborated Champagnes testimony, including the fact that the battery was taken out of the bread truck before it was set on fire, Timm said. Champagne, whose nose and mouth were covered by a black bandana tied behind his neck, testified that he knows Tanner from childhood, used to live next door and has helped him with manual labor on the cannabis-growing operation on Tanners Ettersburg-area property. Also, in the weeks prior to the murder, Tanner assaulted his girlfriend with a firearm. He recalled the phone call from Garretts mother Taylors sister on Feb. 17, 2020. The suspect, 32-year-old Ryan Anthony Tanner was booked into . She will be out of the office in mid-September. On Thursday morning, the hearing for a motion to dismiss some or all of the 13 charges in the case of Ryan Tanner, who stands accused of murder, kidnapping, arson and a host of special allegations, was rescheduled. The preliminary hearing for Russell Holt, who is accused of manslaughter after another Arcata man died following a fistfight, was rescheduled. The Humboldt Murders. He was like on one.. Champagne had told Wees that that knife had been used to stab somebody, Head said. Defense attorney Russ Clanton entered not gully pleas on Tanners behalf this morning during an arraignment before Judge John Feeney. But She was so distraught she was barely comprehensible. into the cab of Tanners Toyota 4-Runner. Deputy District Attorney Whitney Timm, the prosecutor in the case, explained why it was decided to take a plea from Tanner rather than risk going to trial, a trial that may have ended in a hung jury or even an acquittal. Tanner then burnt down the cabin where the homicide occurred. Do I have to keep speaking? Judge Feeney asked him to repeat himself, and he did. Champagne claimed, Clanton said. Pierce said her truck was broken down, so Wees said he hooked up a chain or some type of a device to pull her down the road a ways, Head said. Additionally, he pleaded guilty to the kidnap a year earlier of Devin Stebbins, who said he went to work on Tanners property and Tanner held him captive there by using threats and violence. Additionally, a criminalist from the California Department of Justice found DNA linking Garrett, Champagne and Tanner to the roll of duct tape used on Garretts neck. Witness Advocate Velda Gooden. See Photos. Tanner allegedly physically abused his girlfriend and 2023 Lost Coast Communications Contact: [email protected]. Theres a part of me that feels bad because I feel like he was really threatened by me being an alpha female and by me loving Jeff, Pierce said. Pierce and Garrett encountered Champagne earlier, and Pierce said Champagne told them he was returning a white truck to Tanner and was worried for his life, that he may or may not be killed by Ryan.. He had pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity. Deputy District Attorney Whitney Timm prosecuted the case with assistance from District Attorney Investigator Jump-Starting Electric Car Batteries: Will Supply Problems Stall Californias Mandate? I was scared for my life.. He slit his [Garretts] throat.. Head said the body was clothed and partially wrapped in the plastic. Tanners arraignment on the information presented at the preliminary hearing is set for 8:30 a.m. Jan. 6. Tanner proceeded to light the van on fire, using a pocket torch to ignite a blanket in the back. 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Also, Fortuna police Cpl. When officers searched the area around the house, they found a gasoline can in the driveway and a white pickup truck in the garage. Garrett worked on a van along a rural road near Tanners property in China Creek, CA. At the preliminary hearing, witness Christopher Champagne stated that Garrett was kidnapped by Tanner as See the complete profile on LinkedIn and discover Ryan's . Tanner searched the van and found stolen property belonging to him and neighbors. holes and called the testimony of prosecution witnesses a Timm asked him if he recalled telling investigators that Tanner had shot him, to which Champagne responded that he couldnt remember for sure who shot him he may even have shot himself. of 1, In Print This Week: Advertising supports our journalism. 2023 Lost Coast Communications Contact: [email protected]. The one place where the murder happened, where there would potentially be the most evidence to prove that the murder happened is the place that is burned down, Timm said. The suspect was identified as 32-year-old Ryan Anthony Tanner, the HCSO said. About 10 of Garretts family members and friends attended the sentencing, with Garretts uncle, Utah resident Glenn Taylor, reading a statement on their behalf. told investigators that at some point, a bloody T-shirt was thrown be sentenced to 39 years in prison and will waive credit for the more than two years he has already served in jail. Champagne Humboldt County Superior Court Judge John Feeney decided Ryan Tanner must. Timm Anthony Tanner must stand trial for murder, kidnapping, arson and a After a while, Wees said he didnt want to possess it anymore in case what Champagne said was true and threw it in a creek, but someone else found it, Head said. As for the sentence, Mr. Pierce said she had never seen Tanner with that rifle before and didnt know firearms well enough to identify it, but saw it was all black. Pic credit: ABC . He also loaded up two weapons an AR-15 and an AK-47, Champagne said. It definitely was a newer assault rifle, Pierce said. Deputy District Attorney Whitney Timm said the testimony of witness Christopher Champagne, while it included hallucinatory elements, was corroborated by evidence collected by investigators. was no solid evidence that Tanner killed Garrett. The May 17 jury trial was vacated and dates were reset. Lives in Cedartown, Georgia. Champagne testified that at one point, Tanner used a knife to cut Garretts throat and then used duct tape to cover his wound. Tanner murdered 26-year-old Jason Todd Garrett on Feb. 12 in a cabin vol XXXIV issue 8, Sentence Handed Down in Bear River Triple Homicide, Chico Man Convicted of Murdering Couple in SoHum, UPDATE: South Fork High, Miranda Junior High Closed Due to COVID-19, Arcata Denounces 'Acts of Hate and Violence', Notorious Humboldt County Murderer Dies in Prison, CHP Identifies 21-year-old Blue Lake Woman as Crash Victim, Helping Homeowners: California Expands Mortgage Relief, Public Meetings When the COVID State of Emergency Ends. Tanner was booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility on charges of murder (PC 187), exhibiting a firearm (PC 417 (b)), false imprisonment (PC 236) and criminal threats (PC 422). On Friday, Brandon Head, detective with the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office, described how Matthew Dowd told him his nephew Ryan Tanner, who is facing charges related to the homicide of. Defense described the case as a "tour de force" and "three ring circus." Deputy District Attorney Whitney Timm is the prosecutor for this case. the Journal's 2023 Pet Photo Contest, 2023 Timm said when Tanner is released at age 60, he should be less prone to violence. confirmed, he also made some astonishing claims. Defense attorney Russell Clanton said he was prepared to commence with the preliminary hearing for Ryan Anthony Tanner, who is accused of the murder of Jason Todd Garrett, 33, on or about Feb.. confirmed Champagnes statement that the trucks battery was Defense attorney Russ Clanton entered not gully. Deputy District Attorney Whitney Timm asked Champagne if he believed Tanner had been abusive toward his mom, and Champagne relied, Yes, she had a black eye two times. Yet Champagne also described Tanner as a respected elder and a positive role model.. is expected to be arraigned on Jan. 6. It was Champagne who led investigators to Garretts body, located in a hidden grave on Tanners property. 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