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Sheriff Investigating Bizarre Death

The Nevada County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a bizarre incident that resulted in the death of a Nevada City man. Just before midnight Monday, a woman parked by the creek near Champion Mine Road and Old Downieville Highway heard some noises. Nevada County Sheriff Keith Royal says the woman thought it might be animals at first…

Listen to Keith Royal 1

Royal says the woman approached him to see if he was okay. He said he had fallen asleep in the tree, but when the woman tried to call 9-1-1 to help him, Royal says the man went after the woman and grabbed the phone…

Listen to Keith Royal 2

But that’s not all…

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Royal says the woman drove to a place where she could get cell reception, and called 9-1-1. Officers found 37 year-old Ryan Ehrlich of Nevada City unresponsive. He was pronounced dead at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital. The cause of death is still under investigation.

1 Comment

July 10, 2013

Michelle

I did not know him very well. He we always a supportive guy to my kids at the Grass Valley Skatepark. RIP Garlic

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