Timestamp: 23 June 2026 @ 1450 Pacific
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 21:22:35 +0000
To: kbailey@ci.fortuna.ca.us
Cc: tips@fbi.gov
My younger brother, John Wesley Childers, was poisoned, in Fortuna, a few years ago.
I think it was in August, 2020. I had donated platelets the day before, I remember.
You'll be able to find the date faster than I can.
You will challenge my claim that he was poisoned because the coroner's report says nothing about that but amongst my brother's personal effects I found a small brown vial with a residue of white powder in the bottom which I think is xylazine.
(I still have the bottle and the residue.)
I say "xylazine" because people who knew my brother reported to me that he had been covered with some sort of horrible lesions that would not go away and it is my understanding that these marks are characteristic of people who had been abusing xylazine, which is an animal tranquilizer.
When I reported finding this vial of white residue to the HCSO coroner's office I was threatened with prosecution if I tried to transport it to their office. That would be in writing. HCSO made no effort to collect this new evidence.
The coroner's office should have photographs of my brother's body although when I asked for copies they did not reply. Examination of those photographs might show the lesions. Interview of the person he was sharing an apartment with would corroborate this narrative - it was my brother's former housemate who tipped me off to the bag stashed in the ceiling crawl space, that the Fortuna police department missed.
I have always wondered where the Xylazine came from.
Perhaps the FPD and the FBI should be looking closely at the possibility that Miranda was selling xylazine on the black market, there, in sunny, friendly Fortuna - and, if true, prosecute him for being an accessory to murder.
You might also take a close look at the HCSO and the office of the coroner.
Two words: "Martin Cotton".
HCSO has a prior history of tampering with coroner results ...
My regards to the deceased former district attorney of Humboldt County, Jeffrey Blanck - who is updating his LinkedIn page? lol
Regards,
~richard / KD6HEX
Refs: https://salanave-runyon.org/herbie.html#09humboldt
Also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xylazine#Veterinary_use
And: https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/personal-injury/jury-awards-45m-in-eureka-police-beating-death/
And: https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2026/jun/23/mirandas-rescue-investigation-update/