Missing Northern California baby's dad killed by police after chase - Santa Rosa Press Democrat
REDDING — A Northern California man who vanished while officials searched for his missing infant daughter stole a car at gunpoint and later died in a shootout with deputies, authorities said. Matthew Graham, whose 6-month-old daughter went missing July 2 from his Happy Valley home, about 150 miles north of Sacramento, stole a couple's car Monday and led authorities on a chase, the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Department said. Michael Prado said Graham, a stranger, robbed him and his wife of their car Monday morning after sleeping in the yard of their Shasta Lake home overnight. Authorities traced the car through its navigation system and chased it 48 miles north to Dunsmuir. Graham got out of the vehicle, holed up in a nearby garage and exchanged gunfire with authorities, the sheriff's department said. He stole a semi-automatic gun from his mother Saturday after hearing the search for his daughter had turned up a possible lead, authorities said. Graham was seen buying cigarettes Sunday at a Lake Shasta convenience store and turned up at Prado's house a few miles away. Prado said it appeared that Graham used the patio furniture cushions as a bed and slept in a side yard. After Prado retrieved the car keys, Graham made him start the 2007 Buick Lucerne while pointing the gun at his wife in the carport. Graham drove off, warning Prado to wait until noon before calling. Source: www.pressdemocrat.com
