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A NEW DEVELOPMENT TO TELL YOU ABOUT

TONIGHT IN A FORTUNA MISSING PERSONS
CASE. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE CONFIRMED
TODAY THAT A SKULL FOUND ON THE EEL
RIVER BAR LAST MARCH BELONGS TO
DANIELLE BERTOLINI.

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BERTOLINI, WHO ALSO WENT BY THE NAME

HCSO: SKULL LINKED TO MISSING GIRL

DNA Sample Matches Danielle Bertolini

"DANIELLE BROOKS" WAS LAST SEEN ON

FEBRUARY 9TH OF 20-14 IN THE SWAINS
FLAT AREA NEAR HIGHWAY 36. THE THEN
23 YEAR OLD NEVER ARRIVED AFTER
REPORTEDLY GETTING A RIDE INTO
FORTUNA. POLICE SAY BERTOLINI WAS
PICKED UP THAT DAY BY THE SAME MAN
WHO WAS ALSO THE LAST PERSON SEEN
WITH SHEILA FRANKS. A THEN 38 YEAR
OLD MOTHER WHO DISAPPEARED JUST DAYS
BEFORE. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS
WITH THIS DNA MATCH, THEY ARE NOW
INVESTIGATING BERTOLINI'S DEATH AS A
HOMICIDE.

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LT. WAYNE HANSON

Humboldt County Sheriff's Department

she has been found, but we still need

"For the family it's a closure that

to arrest the person that's

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responsible for the death of Danielle

Brooks. There's several people of
interest again we have our detectives
working with the Fortuna Police
Department in a joint investigation,
trying to eventually make an arrest
of one or more people but again we're
asking for information from the
public too."
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LAST MARCH THE FORTUNA POLICE TOLD
NEWS CHANNEL THREE THAT THEY BELIEVED
BOTH FRANKS AND BERTOLINI'S
DISAPPEARANCES ARE LINKED AND THAT IN
BOTH CASES THE SAME MAN IS A PERSON
OF INTEREST. AUTHORITIES ARE NOT
RELEASING HIS NAME BUT SAY THEY ARE
ACTIVELY MOVING FORWARD WITH THE
INVESTIGATION.
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