CA NIKKI CHENG-McCAIN: Missing from Redding, CA - 17 May 2024 - Age 39

Northern California mom of four still missing after several months, disappears amid abuse claims​

Nikki Cheng Saelee McCain, 39, has not been seen or heard from since May 17, according to the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office and Redding Police Department. Cheng-McCain is a Redding resident and a mother of four young children. Her vehicle, a 2002 Chevy Avalanche, was found abandoned in a remote location in Tehama County on May 25.

Cheng-McCain is Asian and described as being 4 foot 11 inches tall and weighs 110 pounds. She has brown hair and brown eyes. Her disappearance came days after her husband, Tyler McCain, was arraigned on felony domestic violence charges against her, according to KRCR News. Because Cheng-McCain did not show up to court for the follow-up trial hearing, the case was dismissed.

On July 19, Shasta County District Attorney Stephanie Bridgett told Action News Now, “Without Nikki Saelee McCain’s presence, we simply cannot go forward and risk what would be the likely outcome of a ‘not guilty’ verdict.” Tyler McCain was accused of corporal injury to spouse, false imprisonment by violence, criminal threats, and assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury.

A recent episode of Crime Stories With Nancy Grace featured Cheng-McCain’s sisters, Kay Saelee and Chloe Saelee, who said they are very close. The sisters told Nancy Grace the last time they spoke with their sister was in a family group-text chat on May 17.

Chang-McCain’s last message to one of her sisters, Chloe Saelee, reportedly said she was driving her mother-in-law’s vehicle back to the McCain home near the Win-River Casino – the opposite direction of where hear vehicle was found.

According to A News Cafe, two fires have been reported at or near the McCain residence after Cheng-McCain went missing. The fires, named by Cal Fire as Olinda Fire and Yolla Fire, happened in July and allegedly destroyed vehicles that belonged to the McCains. A News Cafe reported that Tyler McCain was cited for starting the Olinda Fire, and the Yolla Fire is still under investigation.

Anyone with information on Cheng-McCain’s whereabouts is advised by law enforcement to contact Shasta County Sheriff’s Office at 530-245-6540. Tips that lead to her could be eligible for an award of up to $30,000.


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Ive been starting to think theres 2 people.... i think husband and that now they think he had help hence the red truck and identifying driver of it

 

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California mom's disappearance now a homicide case as detectives eye persons of interest

The May 2024 disappearance of California mom Nikki Cheng Saelee-McCain is now being investigated as a homicide based on evidence recently discovered by detectives.

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Sisters of missing mom Nikki Cheng Saelee-McCain say they always feared ‘something bad happened’ long before case ruled a homicide

The sisters of Nikki Cheng Saelee-McCain have broken their silence on their suspicions that “something bad happened” to the missing California mom after her disappearance, which was rul…

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Sisters of missing mom Nikki Cheng Saelee-McCain say they always feared ‘something bad happened’ long before case ruled a homicide​

The sisters of a California mom whose disappearance was ruled a homicide nearly 10 months after she vanished have said they always knew “something bad happened” to her.

Her disappearance was upgraded to a homicide investigation last month — with detectives confirming they have “identified persons of interest in her homicide,” without publicly identifying the suspects.

However, the missing mom’s tight-knit family said the announcement only confirmed their long-held fears.

“When we initially first had a feeling that she was missing, I just knew right away in my heart something wasn’t right, and I knew something bad had happened to her,” Saelee-McCain’s younger sister, Chloe Saelee, told Fox News Digital.

Another sister, Kaye Ford, said she first knew something was wrong when her sister failed to participate in family group chats — and her estranged husband started sending “odd messages.”

“Once we had determined she was probably missing, as a family, we knew it wasn’t her running off or her just not communicating with the family, we knew that something probably really bad has happened to her, and we definitely knew … that time was of the essence,” Ford said, echoing her sister.

“For me, it was the odd messages from her husband Tyler,” she said of the husband telling them their sister was missing, which they did not know at time.

“We felt like that definitely rang the alarm bells for us,” she said.

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He has never been identified as a suspect in her disappearance, and said last month that he hasn’t “done very well” with all the attention that case has brought.

“I apologize to everyone, especially my children, my wife’s family and mine as well,” McCain told KHSL.

The FBI and Homeland Security were involved in a raid last month on the couple’s Anderson where Saelee-McCain lived before she went missing, local officials said, without elaborating on the full circumstances.

Officials are offering a combined reward of up to $30,000 for information that leads to the location of Saelee-McCain.https://nypost.com/2025/04/07/us-ne...-happened-long-before-case-ruled-a-homicide/#