Yreka man found guilty of first-degree murder | CrimeWatch [Video]

YREKA, Calif. — A 26-year-old Yreka man has been found guilty of first-degree murder after shooting a man to death in 2019. 

According to a Facebook post from the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office, Timothy Chase McDonald killed 31-year-old Spencer Hodgson in 2019. 

“On the morning of April 8th, 2019, the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office was alerted to a possible dead body near Yreka Walker Road in the Klamath River Area,” the post said. “Investigators identified the victim as Spencer Hodgson, and the Sheriff’s Forensic Pathology team determined Hodgson died from multiple gunshot wounds.” 

McDonald was arrested by January 2020, the post said, because he confessed to an acquaintance that he “ambushed” Hodgson after he found flirtatious texts on his girlfriend’s phone. Police do not believe Hodgson knew McDonald. 

“We offer our sincerest condolences to the family of Spencer Hodgson and to all those affected by this senseless and tragic crime,” …