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Murder victim YHS grad
MADERA — A young man identified as the victim of a murder here graduated from Yosemite High School last year.
Madera County Sheriff-Coroner John P. Anderson identified the victim as Ricky Lewis Bishoff Jr., 19, whose recent address was in Fresno.
Mr. Bishoff was among the YHS graduating class last June.
The body of Mr. Bishoff was discovered early Saturday on an embankment of Dry Creek, just off Road 26 and Avenue 21.
The cause of death will not be released pending investigation and autopsy, Mr. Anderson said on Monday.
Detectives believe Mr. Bishoff was on his way to Fresno after leaving Raymond at approximately 10 p.m. Friday, driving a red 1992 Chevrolet Camaro with license plate number 3DGY452.
Mr. Bishoff told his family he planned to stop in Madera to add gasoline to his car while on his way back to Fresno.
Detectives believe Mr. Bishoff’s Camaro ran out of fuel at Avenue 21 and Road 27.
He may have been accosted or taken from that location. His body was found at 9:30 Saturday morning by a farm worker.
Detectives hope anyone who spots the car or who might have seen Mr. Bishoff will contact detectives Bill Ward (675-7784) or Terry Ginder (675-7783), or call the sheriff’s headquarters at 675-7770.
Woman, dogs die in fire
A former Mountain Area resident and five of her six dogs died in an early morning fire Sunday.
The fire, which began about 7 a.m. at 37888 China Creek Road at Sebring, completely destroyed the trailer she had once rented, and spread into an attached garage and a nearby boat.
Madera County sheriff’s deputies say the former tenant Donna (JoJo) Crosbie, 33, had lived in the trailer a while back, but had been “kicked out because she wasn’t paying rent.”
According to the story told to deputies by the property owner, Ronnie Lee Bradley, Ms. Crosbie had driven up from Los Angeles with her boyfriend on Saturday night.
Apparently it was the first time Mr. Bradley had seen Ms. Crosbie after asking her to leave about one month ago.
Mr. Bradley told deputies that she asked him if she could get some of her personal belongings from the trailer; also if she could sleep in her pickup truck on the property.
He gave his permission for this, but says he did not give his permission for her to sleep in the fifth-wheeler.
On Sunday morning, the property owner was awakened by a neighbor, telling him the trailer was on fire.
By the time the Madera County Fire Department arrived at the scene, the fifth-wheeler was fully engulfed in flames.
The fire was contained about an hour later, and the remains of the woman and her five dogs were found inside.
Because one of her dogs did not get along with the others, deputies add that it was found alive in the rear of her truck.
Preliminary estimates put the damage at $25,000 to structure and $75,000 to contents. The cause of the fire remains unknown and is currently under investigation.
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