{"id":288394,"date":"2026-04-27T17:55:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T17:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/288394\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T17:55:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T17:55:12","slug":"norcal-woman-escapes-kidnapping-by-hiding-in-gas-station-bathroom-sheriff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/288394\/","title":{"rendered":"NorCal Woman Escapes Kidnapping By Hiding In Gas Station Bathroom: Sheriff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BLUE LAKE, CA \u2014 A 35-year-old Northern California woman has been rescued by authorities after she escaped a kidnapping outside of her home, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies responded to a report after 911 was called and multiple text messages were received on April 23 just around 3:47 a.m. from a woman who said she was hiding in a restroom at a gas station in Blue Lake. The woman said she was kidnapped outside of her home in McKinleyville, according to the Humboldt County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>Timothy Richard Long, 46 was identified as a suspect. He was found at a gas station after he pulled his vehicle over to refuel near Highway 299, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies found the woman hiding in the gas station restroom. <\/p>\n<p>Long was detained at the gas station. Based on their investigation and evidence gathered at the scene, he was arrested, according to the Humboldt County Sheriff&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p>Long was transported to the Humboldt County Correctional Facility where he was booked for kidnapping, violation of a domestic violence court order, and violation of probation, according to the Humboldt County Sheriff&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities did not disclose Long&#8217;s relationship to the woman.<\/p>\n<p>It was unknown if she suffered any injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information related to the investigation was asked to call the Humboldt County Sheriff&#8217;s Office at 707-445-7251 or the Crime Tip Line at 707-268-2539.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BLUE LAKE, CA \u2014 A 35-year-old Northern California woman has been rescued by authorities after she escaped a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288395,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-288394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288394\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}