Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Gunshot victim from Trinidad identified

William Lundy’s vehicle found in Kansas, driver arrested

Humboldt Sentinel staff

9/9/09

Trinidad

A man now identified as 59-year-old William John Lundy was shot dead, according to an autopsy conducted Monday by the Humboldt County Coroner.

Meanwhile, Sheriff’s investigators are flying to the Midwest to follow up on their ongoing homicide investigation in light of the Kansas Highway Patrol discovering Lundy’s car and arresting the driver on purportedly unrelated charges.

It was the welfare check request by Kansas troopers that led California State Park Rangers to pay a visit on Saturday to Lundy’s residence, a fifth-wheel travel trailer, where they found him dead. The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office subsequently obtained a warrant and recovered further evidence from the trailer, according to public information officer Brenda Godsey in a release.

The HCSO is not releasing how many times or where on his body Lundy was shot. Anyone with information about this case is asked to call detective Cheryl Franco at (707) 268-3644.

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