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Southern Humboldt resident Ryan Anthony Tanner was sentenced this morning to more than 39 years in state prison for shooting a man to death and terrorizing his own neighbors during a violent rampage in February 2020.

Judge Kaleb Cockrum dismissed an arson charge this morning against Ryan Anthony Tanner, who remains accused of kidnapping and murdering Jason Todd Garrett more than two years ago in the Ettersburg area.

Murder suspect Ryan Anthony Tanner is scheduled for a preliminary hearing next month on 10 felony counts involving a separate alleged victim who claims Tanner kidnapped him and assaulted him with various weapons.

ETTERSBURG MURDER CASE: Judge Rules That Ryan Tanner Must Stand Trial For Murder Ryan Anthony Tanner must stand trial for murder, kidnapping, arson and a slew of other charges, Judge John Feeney ruled Wednesday. Feeney, who presided over Tanner’s 13-day preliminary hearing, ruled enough evidence was presented to provide “probable cause”  that Tanner murdered 26-year-old Jason Todd Garrett on Feb. 12 in a cabin near Ettersburg. Tanner. It’s also suspected that Tanner, 33, burned down th...

ETTERSBURG MURDER CASE: Prosecutors Play Jailhouse Phone Tapes for the Judge; Medical Examiner Testifies Murder victim Jason Todd Garrett was killed by a bullet that entered his left eye and exited the back of his neck, district attorney’s Investigator Marvin Kirkpatrick testified Tuesday during the preliminary hearing for alleged killer Ryan Anthony Tanner. Kirkpatrick attended the autopsy for Garrett on Feb. 22, one week after the 26-year-old was shot to death in a cabin on Crooked Prairie ...

Witnesses not interviewed. Fingerprints not taken. Tire tracks not analyzed. Today Brandon Head, lead detective in the Ryan Anthony Tanner murder case, spent hours being grilled by defense attorney Russ Clanton on perceived errors and omissions in the investigation that led to Tanner’s arrest.      Tanner. Although some of the issues were minor, such as law enforcement not searching for murder victim Jason Todd Garrett’s dog, Head admitted under cross-examination that no evidence was fou...

ETTERSBURG MURDER TRIAL: Girlfriend of the Accused Testifies That He Abused Her and Threatened Her With Death In the weeks leading up to Feb. 12, the day Ryan Anthony Tanner allegedly committed murder, Tanner physically attacked his girlfriend Vanessa Womack several times and threatened her with death, Womack testified Monday. Womack, 44, had been in a rocky relationship with the 33-year-old Tanner for about two years before Tanner allegedly shot Jason Todd Garrett to death with an AK-47. She i...