Tatiana Dugger: Remains Of Missing 19-Year-Old Found In Northern California
On Friday, April 2, 2021, the remains of Tatiana Dugger, 19, were discovered in a remote area of Northern California three months after she went missing from Oakland.
Tatiana Dugger was a resident of Oroville, California, a small city near Chico. The 19-year-old had recently moved to the Los Angeles area near the beginning of the year when she decided to take a trip to Oakland.
On New Year’s Eve, she set out to Oakland with a man she knew, a family member told a local news station.
That’s when family members lost contact with Tatiana. She didn’t answer her phone. She didn’t reach out. They soon discovered that on January 9, 2021 she never returned to her hotel room even though that’s where all her belongings were, including her Honda Accord.
"She left with him and went down to Oakland, so she was basically in Oakland for about a week," her sister Savannah Moreno, told TV station KTVU.
It was strange that Tatiana didn’t make contact with her family.
"She's never ever gone without talking to us," Moreno was quoted as saying. "Somebody in the family talks to her every single day, whether it be text message, Snapchat, or Instagram."
For three months, local authorities, family members, friends and volunteers searched for Tatiana. On Sunday, March 30, she was found dead by a hiker in rural Northern California.
Law enforcement said that her body had been located “in a remote area off the roadway, and she appeared to have been there for an extended period of time." Officials have confirmed that the remains are that of Tatiana.
"This is an ongoing investigation and additional circumstances surrounding Tatiana’s death will not be released at this time," Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
Now justice must be done: There’s someone out there that knows something. If you have any pertinent information about this case, please contact the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office 24-hour dispatch center at 530-841-2900.
