Mad River Union ARCATA – The City of Arcata and Arcata Police are explicitly stating that Humboldt State student and friend of David Josiah Lawson, Elijah Chandler, is not a suspect under investigation in Lawson’s death (see below). Chandler had been named a suspect by an anonymous Craigslist troll. Friends and advocates for justice in…
Slain HSU student’s mother offers $10,000 reward
Paul Mann Mad River Union ARCATA— Charmaine Michelle Lawson is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who stabbed to death her son, Humboldt State University David Josiah Lawson, 19, at an Easter weekend house party here. Hosting an outdoor press conference today, May 18…
Eyewitness alleges police, EMT racism
Paul Mann Mad River Union ARCATA — Elijah Chandler, a geology junior at Humboldt State University, was kneeling in a pool of blood, trying to save the life of his close friend and fellow student David Josiah Lawson. Lawson had just been stabbed, allegedly by a McKinleyville man, Kyle Zoellner, who has been jailed for…