How the kidnapping of two forest service workers unfolded in California
Gumboot Lake in Shasta-Trinity national forest. Photograph: Carol Underhill US Forest ServiceView image in fullscreenGumboot Lake in Shasta-Trinity national forest. Photograph: US District Court for the Eastern District of CaliforniaThe elder Henrichsen allegedly first confronted the biologists, who have not been publicly identified, while his son cleared space for the women in a trailer where they had been staying near Gumboot Lake in Siskiyou county.
- ▪Gumboot Lake in Shasta-Trinity national forest.
- ▪Photograph: Carol Underhill US Forest ServiceView image in fullscreenGumboot Lake in Shasta-Trinity national forest.
- ▪Photograph: US District Court for the Eastern District of CaliforniaThe elder Henrichsen allegedly first confronted the biologists, who have not been publicly identified, while his son cleared space for the women in a trailer where they had
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Gumboot Lake in Shasta-Trinity national forest. Photograph: Carol Underhill US Forest ServiceView image in fullscreenGumboot Lake in Shasta-Trinity national forest. Photograph: Carol Underhill US Forest ServiceCaliforniaHow the kidnapping of two forest service workers unfolded in CaliforniaTwo biologists were taken hostage for about 15 hours by a man and his son in a remote part of Shasta-Trinity national forestDani AnguianoSat 25 Jul 2026 09.00 EDTLast modified on Sat 25 Jul 2026 09.01 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleTwo biologists with the US Forest Service were surveying frog habitats in the remote wilderness of the Shasta-Trinity national forest in north-eastern California late last week when a man allegedly approached them carrying an AR-15.The man ordered the women to turn…
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