Here were the most important events

The status of the top-class case, in which Nikki Cheng Saelee McCain was involved, has been changed by missing person to murder, according to the Sheriff office of the Shasta County.

The Sheriff's office announced that Detectives, based on evidence and interviews, believe that someone killed the 39-year-old mother of four children.

The Sheriff's office rejected it to answer a list of questions that the record search on Monday after the announcement last Friday sent by e -mail that the investigators described their disappearance as murder.

Family members have announced that they had heard of McCain last May 18, 2024. These are the most important events in the following days and months.

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Time bar in the Nikki McCain case, from the missing person to the examination of the murder:

May 18, 2024

The last time that someone in Nikki McCain's family heard from her was, according to the Sheriff's office on May 18, 2024. According to Brian Fitzgibbons, director of the Kingsman Philanthropic Corp., who worked with Nikki McCain's family and offers a reward of up to 10,000 US dollar for information about the case.

May 22, 2024

Family members of Nikki McCain have submitted the report of a missing person to the authorities and the Redding Police Department begins the investigation.

May 25, 2024

The Sheriff office of the Shasta County, who took over the case of the missing person, announces that McCain's law enforcement in 2002 with tin colors colored Chevrolet Avalanche in the west Tehama County. But the sheriff's office does not specifically say where the collection was.

The news that McCain's truck was found came a week after her family had reported that they had recently had contact with her.

July 5, 2024

At a rally in the judiciary of Shasta County, McCain's family members and friends reinforce their support for the missing woman.

Around 200 people appear to prove while her husband was charged with court in December 2023 against him. Followers said they were angry that charges were rejected against Tyler McCain.

The judge of the Supreme Court, Daniel Flynn, said he had to reject the indictment because Saelee McCain could not appear in court.

In addition, an advertising table along Interstate 5 in Anderson towards the north, which says: “Hilf, Nikki Cheng Saelee McCain.” The Redding Rancheria says that it paid the advertising board.

The Rancheria also said that it is working with a local non -profit organization who is devoting herself to the search for missing persons to offer a reward of 10,000 US dollars for information that leads to McCain's secure return.

July 19, 2024

A group of Miami, Florida, is one of the parties who have teamed up to increase the reward for information that leads to Nikki McCain found at $ 30,000.

Kingsman Philanthropic Corp. According to his website, recovery operations for missing and exploited women and children are carrying out.

The Florida Group joined the Redding Rancheria and Shasta County Secret to offer reward money, each in the amounts of 10,000 US dollars.

July 30, 2024

Tyler McCain is accused of violating a criminal protection order. The order related to a case of domestic violence against him, which prohibited him from having firearms or ammunition.

McCain was arrested on the night of July 30 when a deputy of a sheriff of the Shasta County pulled him over because of a suspected traffic violation.

When the MPs searched his vehicle, they allegedly found ammunition, said the sheriff's office. He was instructed to the Shasta County prison because he suspected of violating the conditions of the protective arrangement and driving with a suspended driver's license. McCain later released a deposit and was released.

October 6, 2024

For the second time, friends and family of Nikki McCain gathered in front of the Shasta County courthouse to support the missing woman.

The rally attracted about two dozen people, far less than the more than 200 people who gathered in the courthouse in July.

Similar to the demonstration of July, the support of the support with McCain's husband Tyler McCain, who was in court due to non -related traffic -related cases.

McCain did not take part in one of the rallies for his wife.

March 10, 2025

The family of Nikki McCain and other relatives organize a press conference in an emergency Operations Operations in Redding in Shasta County.

“The Sheriff's office of Shaasta County offered us a platform to speak to the public to remind everyone that it is still missing and the case is still being examined,” said Kaye Ford, McCain's sister.

After Tyler McCain did not take part in the two rallies in the courthouse last year, he speaks at the event.

March 14, 2025

Four days after the family press conference, the Sheriff's office makes a surprising announcement that Nikki McCain is now the victim of a murder after almost a year of the investigation as a missing person.

The sheriff's office made the announcement after spending a large part on the same day to search McCain's house in the Olinda Road in Anderson. Officials also said that the agents FBI and home protection help with the examination.

The authorities did not expressly say why the status of Nikki McCain's case was changed by a missing person to murder or what was triggered in their house last Friday.

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This article originally appeared in Redding Record Searchlight: Nikki McCain Homicide Fall in Shasta County: A timeline of events