The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office provided information Saturday about human remains recovered last week in northern Mendocino County.
The incident began about 12:50 p.m. Thursday, when the MCSO was contacted by a Texas resident who owns property in the 68000 block of Bell Springs Road in Piercy, where the remains of an unidentified man were later recovered. The MCSO stated in a news release Saturday that “the property appeared to be utilized for marijuana cultivation.”
No suspects have been identified in the death, which is being investigated as a homicide.
MCSO news release summary
On Thursday, 05/15/2025 at approximately 12:50 P.M., a subject in Texas who owns a property in Mendocino County contacted the Sheriff’s Office to report an incident that reportedly occurred at a property she owns on Bell Springs Road.
The property owner received second-hand information earlier in the week about her property worker who was living and working at the remote property in the 68000 block of Bell Springs Road in Piercy, CA (Island Mountain Area).
The property owner learned that her worker was either in trouble or possibly murdered at the property. Nobody involved in this incident was able to reach the adult-male worker and the last known contact with the subject living on the property on Bell Springs Road was approximately 05/05/2025.
The property owner drove for approximately two days from Texas to the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office in Ukiah to report this incident. Sheriff’s Office deputies met with the property owner, who was requesting an escort to the remote property on Bell Springs Road to conduct a welfare check on her worker who she was unable to contact.
Personnel from the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office obtained further information from the property owner, who advised that the property is extremely difficult to access and behind multiple locked gates so she agreed to respond and assist deputies in accessing the parcel.
It took multiple hours to respond to the property and upon arrival, Sheriff’s Office personnel searched the over 100-acre parcel for multiple hours. The property appeared to be utilized for marijuana cultivation and deputies extensively searched the large property. As night-time hours approached, Sheriff’s Office personnel continued searching the area down the hill from the residence.
Upon further searching and investigating the area down the hill from the residence, Sheriff’s Office personnel located apparent human remains. It appeared the human remains were partially concealed with loose debris and foliage in an attempt to hide the decedent.
Due to the rapidly-approaching darkness conditions, it was decided that numerous Sheriff’s Office personnel would remain overnight at the property while additional resources were requested to assist in the recovery of the remains and conduct further searching of the large property on Friday, 05/16/2025.
Investigators and deputies with the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office, Search and Rescue personnel from the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office and the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office, and law enforcement personnel from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office responded to the property during the early-morning hours of 05/16/2025 to continue searching and recover the human remains.
During recovery efforts, the decedent was determined to be an adult male but positive identification was not possible due to the advanced decomposition and condition of the remains. The remains are consistent with the general description, gender, and ethnicity of the missing property worker, but the decedent has not been positively identified at this point of the investigation.
Due to the circumstances learned during this case and the suspicious nature of the human remains recovered during this incident, this case is being investigated as a homicide and additional information will be released as it becomes available. A post-mortem examination is being scheduled for the human remains recovered during this investigation.
Anyone with information related to this investigation is requested to contact the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center at 707-463-4086 (option 1). Information can also be provided anonymously by calling the non-emergency tip-line at 707-234-2100.
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