Ronald Miller

Ronald Miller left his home on 08/26/2008 at approximately 0900 hours to cut firewood in the Deans Valley area of Quincy, California. When Ronald failed to return home, his family contacted and reported him missing to the Plumas County Sheriff's Office the following morning. Plumas County Search and Rescue was deployed to the area of Deans Valley to search for Ronald. Ronald's vehicle was located in the Deans Valley area later that day. At the scene, there was evidence Ronald had been engaged in cutting firewood, finding his chainsaw near some cut up rounds of wood. The vehicle had the keys in the ignition and the vehicle readily started. A note was discovered inside the vehicle which stated "Snake bite battery dead." Multiple searches of the area failed to located Ronald, he has not been heard from since.

James Erickson

12/04/1995, the Plumas County Sheriff’s Office was made aware of an abandoned campsite near Brady’s Camp which is a dispersed camping area located approximately 10 miles east of Quincy, California which is within the Plumas National Forest. Responding Deputies met with the reporting party, a friend of James Edward Erickson of Carson City Nevada, who was missing from the campsite. At the campsite, law enforcement found a Dodge pickup NV License# 622 FWE, as well as other camping gear such as a fully assembled tent, sleeping bags and other camping equipment. Utilizing the vehicle information, Law Enforcement was able to get in touch with the family of Erickson who reported they had not seen or spoken with Erickson since August of 1995. Plumas National Forest personnel also on scene reported they had noticed the camp while on patrol a week prior and it did not appear anything had been disturbed or moved since that time. The deputy also noted, he was in the area approximately a month prior and noticed the camp. The deputy reported the camp appeared to be undisturbed from his last visit. The reporting party at scene told law enforcement, Erickson liked to rock climb, do some gold mining

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