Robert James Flaherty was a 30-year-old resident of Garberville, California. His family reported him missing in July 2014. Partially skeletonized remains recovered on October 14, 2014, in a transient camp in a wooded area off Redwood Drive in Garberville were identified as his. The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office determined Flaherty died of multiple gunshot wounds.

The Sheriff’s Office lists this as an unsolved homicide; as of the latest update there are no arrests and investigators have not announced any suspects. Sparse witnesses and limited leads have hampered efforts to reconstruct what happened or who was responsible.

If anyone saw activity in the Redwood Drive woods that summer or has information about people frequenting that transient camp, please come forward to help bring justice for Robert James Flaherty.