LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The California Highway Patrol’s investigators are continuing their exhaustive efforts to solve a homicide that occurred along Highway 20 last month.
Patrick Michael Weber, 41, of Santa Clarita was found dead in his white 2014 sprinter van on the morning of Feb. 21.
The van, which was traveling eastbound, had gone off the south edge of the highway and into a ditch, crashing into a tree, about a mile west of Walker Ridge Road, east of Clearlake Oaks, as Lake County News has reported.
Earlier this month, the CHP’s Clear Lake Area office reported that Weber’s autopsy showed that he had been shot.
Weber’s van had a large quantity of marijuana in the cargo area, and investigators confirmed with the California Department of Cannabis Control that he was not legally licensed to transport marijuana.
CHP Officer Jake Slates, the case’s lead investigator, said the work to solve the crime is ongoing.
“We are continuing to follow up on every lead as they come in and we are still combing through massive amounts of information,” Slates said in a statement released to Lake County News.
“Due to the location of the crime and various locations of witness spread throughout California, it is taking a greater amount of time to conduct interviews and follow up,” Slates said.
Early on, the CHP brought in its Northern Division Multidisciplinary Accident Investigation Team, or MAIT, to work on the case, in cooperation with the Northern Division Investigation Service Unit, Clear Lake CHP officers, the California Department of Justice and Lake County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Investigation.
Anyone with information regarding the incident is encouraged to contact Officer Slates through the CHP’s Ukiah Communication Center at 707-467-4000, or to call the Clear Lake CHP Office at 707-279-0103 during business hours.
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CHP: Investigators following up on leads in February Highway 20 homicide
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