The Garberville California Highway Patrol is looking for a 23-year-old Southern Humboldt man suspected of evading police and submerging his pickup truck in the Eel River Wednesday night.
Garberville CHP Officer Erik VanEmmerik said two CHP officers saw Jacob John Paul Knipscheer-Costello driving his pickup truck northbound on Redwood Drive at a high rate of speed at 11:40 p.m.
The CHP unit, after tracking his speed on radar, followed the vehicle, but Knipscheer-Costello reportedly picked up speed and tried to flee.
The CHP unit followed the vehicle to Dean Creek Road and then onto northbound U.S. Highway 101, where the driver reportedly was traveling 95 mph, VanEmmerik said.
Knipscheer-Costello reportedly took the Avenue of the Giants exit in Phillipsville and traveled southbound to the Eel River access road. He then reportedly drove through the dirt parking area and toward the river bar and ended up in the river, the CHP said.
“He went driving directly into the river, to the point where his truck is totally submerged,” VanEmmerik said.
Knipscheer-Costello is suspected to have survived, because his body wasn’t found and the driver’s side window was open, the CHP said.
A small dog inside, a Jack Russell terrier, didn’t survive, VanEmmerik said.
The CHP has reportedly had many contacts with the driver, who is possibly from Shelter Cove. He’s described as six-foot, 200 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes.
The Garberville CHP office is asking that anyone with information on his whereabouts contact Officer Len Johnson at 707-923-2155.
“It’s hard to say if it’s an act he did on purpose,” VanEmmerik said. “He might have been in an intoxicated state and not realized how high the river was.”
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I'd check A-point
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piece of crap dog killer
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Great.That's just what the Salmon need.10 gallons of gas,5 quarts of oil,6 quarts of ATF,a cup of power steering fluid and some gear oil.
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How do you know that it was Jacob driving the vehicle? Just because it is his truck does not mean that he was the one who was driving!
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I hope someone shoots that jerk for drowning his own dog.
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whoa dude where's my truck?
sad what our society produces huh?
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Yet again, someone runs from the police and ends up in the river...
Is this the new trend?
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I know huh, whats with the river....well they all got away didn't they, I mean that one dumb ass died but wtf man jumping off that cliff in the middle of the night is asking for death!! Ive swam in that river right below where he jumped off and its not scarce on rocks! Fool!! And I agree Piece of shit couldn't put the dog through the window as he was climbing out of it!! WTF!! I'm not a cop caller!! but when you hurt or kill an animal I wont hesitate to see you get what you deserve!!!! The'll find you sooner or later P.O.S!!!!
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they'll never catch me...hahaHaHahaAhaha
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6:53; Yes you will, because dumb people always get caught.
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white trash to leave the dog to die like that what a jerk in the long run the dogs better off with out him
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weird animal behavior in humans lately.
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I hope they prosecute him for animal cuelty.
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Too bad they don't have sharks in the Eel River.
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What a punk. I agree with the first poster. I'd check around A-Point.
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everyone should dump their trucks and their worthless domesticated animals.. grow pot, run from the cops, it is like being a wild animal, maybe that is what we are, a wild invasive species.
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Report to Officer LEN JOHNSON, I hope Officer Johnson is as hard on this guy as he is on his kids and their friends.
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man i was on ave of the giants yesterday...i am 200 lbs 6 ft and white with brown hair.....know wonder the sheriffs drove past us and slowed down.....looking at us...thank goodness they had already had contact with this guy and knew what he looked like or i might have gotten arrested.....for being a little fatter than i like to be....just another reason to lose that 15 lbs..lol
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The cops can make many mistakes the bad guy can only make one.
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"weird animal behavior in humans lately."
"everyone should dump their trucks and their worthless domesticated animals.. grow pot, run from the cops, it is like being a wild animal, maybe that is what we are, a wild invasive species."
What ignorant comments!
Since WHEN do ANIMALS act like this?
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Since when are humans not animals?
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