Criminal homicide complaint filed against Maxxam/Pacific Lumber Co. Former sheriff, district attorney, homicide detective also named
For Immediate Release -
Contact: Shunka Wakan @ NCEF! Media (707) 822-1513
Eureka, CA-On Thursday, March 17, 2005, North Coast Earth First! activist Shunka Wakan, filed a criminal homicide complaint against Maxxam Corporation, of Houston, Texas, and Pacific Lumber Company (PL), of Humboldt County, California, for the death of David "Gypsy" Chain. Chain was killed on September 17, 1998, when a Maxxam/Pacific Lumber Co. logger felled trees in the direction of a group of Earth First! activists. The complaint was filed with the Humboldt County Sheriff's Department.
Also included in the complaint were former Humboldt County sheriff Dennis Lewis, former district attorney Terry Farmer, and former homicide detective Juan Freeman, for criminal conspiracy to conceal homicide.
"I believe that David Chain's death was no mere `accident,' and that re-opening the investigation would reveal both an act of violence, on behalf of Maxxam/PL, and a blatant cover-up, on behalf of the former sheriff, district attorney, and homicide detective."
Interviews and copies of the complaint are available through the North Coast Earth First! Media office, and are also online, at www.northcoastearthfirst.org.
