Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to reports of an unwanted subject at a residence in McKinleyville early Saturday afternoon, April 8th, after the reporting party, 41 year old Daniel Forrest Rena-Dozier, told emergency communications dispatchers that his former partner was at the residence and refusing to leave.
According to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office press release, while responding to the residence, Rena-Dozier advised that an altercation occurred inside the residence and one person had been shot.
First responding Deputies arrived at the residence and located a 30 year old female victim, identified as Mia Simone Felder, with a gunshot wound. She was transported to a local hospital where she later succumbed to her injuries.
The Sheriff’s Major Crimes Division responded to investigate. Based upon the totality of evidence collected while on scene and interviews with Rena-Dozier and a female witness, Rena-Dozier was arrested on charges of murder. During a search of the residence, deputies located multiple firearms. One of those firearms was equipped with a homemade silencer, another was found to have its serial number removed.
Rena-Dozier was booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility on charges of murder, possession of a firearm silencer and tampering with the ID marks on a firearm.
This case is being forwarded to the Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office for further review and prosecution.
Anyone with information about this case or related criminal activity is encouraged to call the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office at (707) 445-7251 or the Sheriff’s Office Crime Tip line at (707) 268-2539.
