Mavrick Fisher's preliminary hearing for murder of Grant Whitaker.
LAKEPORT, California -- A Deaf man charged with killing his partner at a Humboldt County campground and later dumping the body in Lake County has pleaded not guilty to murder and the other charges in the case. Mavrick Fisher's preliminary hearing for murder of Grant David Whitaker.
Mavrick William Fisher, 21, of Elko, Nevada, appearance in Lake County Superior Court on October 23th, 2019, Wednesday morning for preliminary hearing.
Mavrick William Fisher, 21, of Elko, Nevada, is charged with the murder of Grant David Whitaker, 25, of Mackinaw, Illinois.
LAKEPORT, California -- A man who authorities said bludgeoned his traveling companion to death at a Humboldt County campground before dumping the body in Lake County has made his first appearance in Lake County Superior Court.
Mavrick William Fisher, 21, who has connections to both Elko, Nevada, and Riverside, was arraigned on Friday afternoon in Judge J. David Markham’s courtroom in Lakeport. Fisher is charged with the murder of 25-year-old Grant David Whitaker, of Mackinaw, Illinois, during an altercation that investigators say occurred in Humboldt County.
The two men, both of them Deaf, were reported to be traveling cross country together to California when a disagreement occurred, leading to the fatal confrontation, according to District Attorney Susan Krones.
Authorities say Fisher later brought the body to Lake County, where it was discovered on Monday near Upper Lake, as Lake County News has reported.
Earlier this week, Fisher was taken into custody by authorities in Rosarito, Mexico, where he fled after Whitaker’s murder. They assisted with getting him back to the United States, and he was booked into the Lake County jail on Wednesday afternoon.
Krones, who appeared in court to handle the case on Friday, has charged Fisher with murder; assault with a deadly weapon, with the weapon in this case being a rock, and a special allegation of inflicting great bodily injury; willfully and maliciously removing and keeping possession of the 2011 Chevrolet Impala that Whitaker had been driving and which was on loan from his grandmother in Illinois; and unlawfully taking the car after the murder.
While the murder is believed to have occurred at Richardson Grove State Park in Humboldt County, Krones told Lake County News that Lake County has jurisdiction over the case because Whitaker’s body was located here.
She cited California Penal Code section 790, which gives jurisdiction for a murder or manslaughter case to “the county where the fatal injury was inflicted or in the county in which the injured party died or in the county in which his body was found.”
Krones said she has spoken to Humboldt County District Attorney Maggie Fleming, who has asked Krones to handle the case in Lake County. At the same time, both Lake County and Humboldt County investigators are working the case. On Friday, the court assigned Tom Feimer, a defense attorney with the county’s indigent defense contract, to represent Fisher.
Fisher, wearing a jail jumpsuit and sitting in the jury box along with several other individuals awaiting arraignment, also was provided the assistance of an interpreter at Friday’s court appearance.
Outside the courtroom, two women – one older, one younger with a baby – were waving and gesturing at Fisher and holding up the baby so it could be seen through the courtroom door window. A bailiff who admitted them to the courtroom warned them against trying to communicate with Fisher, a normal admonishment for family members in attendance at court proceedings. Read The Full Story.
Lake County deputies find Grant Whitaker's remains after tip; autopsy scheduled, a murder suspect, Maverick Fisher into custody: Sheriff.
SAN DIEGO, California -- After discovering a Deaf man’s remains Monday, Lake County deputies have been working with Mexican law enforcement to take a Nevada man into custody.
Over the weekend deputies learned a 21-year-old Nevada man, Maverick William Fisher, had admitted to killing Grant David Whitaker, 25, who was reported missing in Illinois, after a recent altercation at a Northern California campground, Lake County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. Authorities also said they were provided with detailed directions to human remains that are thought to be Whitaker’s at a property near the 7500 block of Scotts Valley Road.
Lt. Corey Paulich said he could not comment on the nature of the information law enforcement received, noting that the investigation is ongoing. An autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday in hopes of positively identifying the remains and determining cause of death, Paulich said.
Fisher is being deported after he was discovered by law enforcement in Rosarito, Mexico, just south of Tijuana, Paulich said. He likely will be booked into custody in San Diego before being transported to Lake County.
Neither man had prior contacts with Lake County deputies, Paulich said. Whitaker’s next of kin has been notified that authorities have found remains that may be him. The video shows on Facebook as Maverick Fisher hanged out at Grant Whitaker's farm in Nevada last few months ago.
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