Missing California mommy’s family members mines murder ‘cover-up or cleanup’

The sis of a Northern California mom of 4 are looking for responses after her loss was just recently ruled a murder.

Nikki Cheng Saelee- McCain was a 39-year-old mom of 4 from Shasta County that disappeared on May 17, 2024. Her loss has actually given that been reclassified as a murder by theShasta County Sheriff’s Office

In a psychological meeting, Kaye Ford and Chloe Saelee opened to Fox News Digital concerning the heartbreaking loss of their older sibling.

“When we initially first had a feeling that she was missing, I just knew right away in my heart something wasn’t right, and I knew something bad had happened to her,” Saelee stated.

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Nikki Cheng-Saelee McCain, 39, has actually been missing out on given that May 17, 2024. (Via Family)

Ford stated that the Northern California family members is very close, calling and texting each various other on a virtually everyday basis. After their sibling fell short to take part in the family members’s energetic team talks, they recognized something was awry.

“We, as a family, knew it wasn’t her running off or her just not communicating with the family,” Ford stated. “We definitely knew that something probably really bad had happened to her. And we definitely knew that time was in the essence as far as evidence and clues as to what may have happened to her.”

Saelee- McCain’s last call with her family members got on May 18, 2024, when she sent out a sms message to her family members around 12:35 a.m. After the message, she was not spoken with once more. Her car, a 2002 Chevrolet Avalanche, was located deserted on May 25, 2024, in western Tehama County.

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Chloe Saelee and Kaye Ford highlighted their decision to discover the reality concerning what occurred to their sibling. They requested for the general public’s aid and said thanks to the neighborhood for rallying around them. (Via Family)

On March 25, 2025, the family members’s worst headache came true when the constable’s workplace revealed that they had actually determined “persons of interest” in Saelee- McCain’s murder examination.

“I’m hopeful that the people who have information will step up,” Ford stated. “They may or may not be involved in the actual homicide. They may be involved in a cover-up or the cleanup, whatever else it might be.”

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The sis stated that they desire any type of engaged celebrations to find ahead so they “have a clean conscience.”

“We’re working really hard to apply the pressure,” Ford stated. “Law enforcement has been very diligently working on the case. We don’t see most of their work since a lot of their work is behind the scenes.”

Nikki’s other half, Tyler McCain, was butted in December 2023 with numerous felony matters. (Via Family)

Husband breaks silence

Nearly 10 months after his better half vanished, Tyler McCain talked openly throughout an interview on March 10, 2025.

At the occasion, which was arranged by the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office, McCain revealed regret for previous residential misuse claims and his absence of public participation in the look for his missing out on better half.

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“I apologize to everyone, especially my children, my wife’s family, mine as well,” he stated. “I’m just here in support, so anything that I can do, I want to do that.”

Tyler McCain said sorry throughout a March 11 interview for not remaining in the “public eye.” (Facebook)

McCain was butted in December 2023 with numerous felony matters, consisting of corporal injury to a partner, unlawful imprisonment, criminal hazards and attack. The instance was decreased in July in 2015 because of Saelee- McCain’s loss and the truth that she might not indicate versus her other half, according to KRCR.

Authorities have actually not charged McCain of any type of misbehavior in his better half’s loss.

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Authorities are inquiring from the general public to address the murder examination right into the loss of Nikki Cheng Saelee- McCain. (Via Family)

Authorities are inquiring concerning a red vehicle whose motorist might have grabbed a guy in the location of Highway 36 in western Tehama County near the R Wild Horse Ranch or the Beegum Gorge Bridge in between May 18 and May 25, 2024.

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A consolidated benefit of approximately $30,000 is supplied for details resulting in Saelee- McCain’s area.

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Fox News Digital has actually connected to McCain’s lawyer, the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office andRep Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-01) for remark.