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17 The facts surrounding issuance of search warrant 3883 are summarized in defendants motion
18 under Penal Code 1538.5, set for hearing concurrently with this motion. The affidavit in support of the
19 warrant relied on information from two confidential reliable informants and an untested informant.
20 The substance of the informants information was sealed in Attachment A. Defendant is informed and
21 believes that one of the informers was Raquel Larimer. On December 21, 2016, the Union newspaper
22 reported that Ms. Larimer had died in a fire at her boyfriends house. (A copy of the article is attached
23 and incorporated here by reference.) If Ms. Larimer was an informant in warrant 3883, there is no longer
24 any basis to withhold her identity, nor seal the information she provided.
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The woman who died because of the Independence Court home fire which occurred Monday in Grass Valley, was Nevada City's Raquel Larimer, age 31.
Larimer was known to stay at her boyfriend's house on the 100 block of Independence Court where Larimer died.
Her body was found in the crawl space that had been converted into an unpermitted living area where Monday's fire originated, according to authorities.
A dog was also found trapped in the basement and was later found dead.
Smoke inhalation was reported as the initial cause of death. A final report is waiting on toxicology results w hich could be as muc h as 45 days out.
"It's likely toxicology results to return as well," Sgt. Mike Sullivan of the Nevada County Coroner's office said.
No new information regarding the cause of the fire is available at this time, but the City of Grass Valley Fire and Police Departments continue to investigate.
"Based on the evidence we've seen, there doesn't seem to be any foul play," Grass Valley Police Chief Alex Gammelgard said.
"Our original press release stated it as a basement," Grass Valley Fire Chief Mark Buttron said of the unpermitted living area. "It is more in line w ith a craw l
space. That is where the hot water heater was . The overall ceiling height certainly was not short, but not normal roof height."
To contact Staff Writer Elias Funez email efunez@theunion.com (mailto:efunez@theunion.com), or call 530-477-4230.
http://www.theunion.com/news/local-news/woman-identified-in-grass-valley-independence-court-1ire/ '2J2