Remains found in Northern California, identified as missing Oroville teenager

Remains found in Northern California, identified as missing Oroville teenager

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Photo by Rachel Swan

A missing poster for Tatiana Dugger, who disappeared around Jan. 9, on which her family filed a report at the Oakland Police Department.

A missing poster for Tatiana Dugger, who disappeared around Jan. 9, on which her family filed a report at the Oakland Police Department.

Butte County Sheriff

A hiker walking on federal ground near U.S. Route 97 in Northern California on Sunday discovered the body of a 19-year-old girl who went missing from Oakland in January.

Tatiana Dugger disappeared around Jan. 9, after which her family filed a report at the Oakland Police Department. She moved from her hometown of Oroville to Los Angeles in October before apparently leaving for the Bay Area.

Butte County Sheriff’s Office detectives took over the case on Jan. 13. For the next few weeks, they kept in touch with Oakland police and the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office as Dugger’s family waited for answers.

An autopsy and rapid DNA identification process carried out on April 1 identified the remains found on the remote piece of land as Dugger. According to the condition of the body, near Juniper Terrace, about 13 km northeast of Weed (Siskiyou County), it was there.

Officials from the sheriff’s office of Butte and Siskiyou provinces say the investigation is continuing.

Rachel Swan is a staff writer for the San Francisco Chronicle. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @rachelswan

Rachel Swan covers criminal justice as part of the Chronicle’s investigation and enterprise team. She joined the article in 2015 and also reported on transportation and politics.

Previously, Rachel held staff positions at SF Weekly and the East Bay Express, where she covered technology, law and the arts. She holds a bachelor’s degree in rhetoric from the University of California, Berkeley.

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