Death in a Public Right of Way

On June 14th, 2022, at about 2231 hours, Chico Police received a report of a subject unresponsive inside of a parked vehicle in the One Mile parking lot at Lower Bidwell Park. Chico Police, along with Chico Fire, responded and located the individual. Unfortunately, the subject was pronounced deceased on scene. The Butte County Sheriff’s responded and took over the death investigation. The cause of death is unknown but there is no evidence of suspicious activity associated with this incident. At this time, the decedent’s identity is withheld pending Next of Kin notification.

Location: One Mile parking lot of Bidwell Park

Victim: Withheld pending Next of Kin notification

Supervisor: OIC D. Ament

Commander: Lt. Love