Mother: Nancy Dorner, captured on surveillance video on Tuesday, was spotted eating salsa and chips while drinking white wine in a Mexican restaurant during her son's final standoff with police. A woman believed to be Mrs Dorner was seen drinking white wine and eating chips and salsa at a Mexican restaurant as she watched TV coverage of her son making his last stand against police.
Mrs Dorner and a friend claimed she didn't know the fugitive ex-LAPD cop, but when reporters left, she began intently asking about the manhunt. About 30 minutes later, the woman was spotted returning to the Dorner family home.
Mrs Dorner's statement came as a husband and wife who say they surprised Dorner in their home described their terror as he bound their hands and feet. Ordeal: Karen and Jim Reynolds say that they surprised Dorner when they walked into one of the units they own near Big Bear Lake - where he had been staying. Jim and Karen Reynolds say they came to the home just before noon on Tuesday to find the he had been staying in an upstairs room. Mrs Reynolds said that Dorner seemed 'calm and methodical' when he approached them, but her first instinct when she saw him was to run away - and Dorner chased after her.
She tried to run up the stairs but was quickly caught by Dorner, who dragged her away. Mr Reynolds said that after first trying to keep them calm, Dorner tied up their hands and feet with zip ties before stuffing washcloths in their mouths. He then covered their faces with pillowcases and wrapped electrical cords around their heads. The Reynolds said that despite early reports, it was them - and not their housekeepers - who had encountered Dorner in the home.
They said that he tried to keep them calm and told them repeatedly that he was not going to kill them. Mr Reynolds, who has been married to Karen for 36 years, added: 'He said he just wanted to clear his name.
Mrs Reynolds added: 'He said he needed transportation out of big bear. He continued to say to us quite frequently he would not kill us and just asked us to do what he asked.
Living conditions: Crime scene tape blocks a stairway at a condo near Big Bear Lake where Dorner had been staying until he was surprised by the condo's owners, Jim and Karen Reynolds.
Wounds: Mrs Reynolds shows reporters the marks on her wrists that she said were caused by being bound by Dorner while he held them in their rental cabin. After taking some time to grab his belongings, he fled the home in their car. They waited for several minutes until they were sure than he had gone, and then helped each other pull the pillowcases off their heads and call Hours later, he was killed in another home that burned to the ground after a firefight with San Bernardino sheriff's deputies.
Despite the turmoil, Mrs Reynolds said that she did not wish Dorner any harm, saying: 'I didn't wish him dead at any point. I prayed for him. They said the home was unoccupied, and they were in the process of cleaning up the property after a recent snowstorm, and Dorner had been watching them.
Mrs Reynolds said: He said we're very hard workers, good people. He could see [Mr Reynolds] working on the snow every day. Meanwhile, shocking photos from the scene of yesterday's bloody gunbattle have been revealed as authorities release the names of two officers shot during Dorner's last stand - one of them fatally. Bloody standoff: This aerial photo shows the scene of the gunbattle between sheriff's deputies and Dorner near the cabin where he is believed to have been killed.
Crime scene: Authorities investigate at the burnt out cabin near Angelus Oaks, California, where police were involved in a firefight with Dorner. The pictures are the latest imagery to come out of the largest manhunt in Southern California history in which Dorner evaded authorities for days before his apparent death in a blazing cabin. During a press conference today, San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon said that the hunt for Dorner is officially over, though he stopped short of confirming that the charred body found in the rubble of the destroyed home was him.
He also identified the two deputies shot by Dorner during the standoff. Deputy Alex Collins is currently hospitalized.
He underwent multiple surgeries yesterday and is expected to make a full recovery, Sheriff McMahon said. But sadly, Det Jeremiah McKay, 35, was pronounced dead shortly after the shooting. Det McKay, a father of two young children, was a year veteran of the sheriff's department.
It's truly a sad day for law enforcement. He added: 'It was like a warzone, and our deputies continued to go into that area to neutralize that threat. They are highly trained and I'm proud to be a member of this department. Meanwhile, it has been revealed that Dorner had been hiding out right under the noses of officers who were supposedly going door-to-door searching for him.
He broke into an unoccupied condo across the street from a temporary command center in Big Bear, California, where dozens of San Bernardino County sheriff's deputies gathered to plan the search for the disgraced LAPD patrolman. It was revealed on Wednesday that police never searched many of the homes closest to the spot where Dorner's burned-out truck was discovered last Thursday. It is not known how long Dorner had stayed in the unoccupied condo on Club View Drive - but it's possible he was hiding, safe and warm, in plain sight the entire weekend while heavily-armed SWAT officers braved the cold and snow of the surrounding mountains in the manhunt.
On Tuesday at about noon, Mr and Mrs Reynolds arrived at the home, which is a five-minute walk from the command center, stumbled on Dorner. About 20 minutes later, they were able to break free and call after Dorner fled in their car. Hiding under their noses: Dorner was discovered in a condo half a mile from a temporary command center. That set off a chain of events that led to two car chases and the standoff before he died in the burning cabin about 20 miles from Big Bear.
Jim Rose, who lives on the street where Dorner was discovered, told the Los Angeles Times that deputies never stopped by to knock on his door. Shots fired: Markers show the location of evidence at the scene of the shooting of Deputies Alex Collins and Jeremiah McKay, who was killed.
This comes despite the sheriff's office announcing that officers were going door-to-door in the small community of Big Bear. Police commanders said deputies had knocked on doors before the standoff. An armored police vehicle knocked down the walls of the cabin in an attempt to smoke Dorner out. It was revealed on Wednesday afternoon that police used incendiary tear gas canisters - which are known to cause fires. The CS gas canisters are similar to the type that caused the blaze in Waco, Texas, that killed 76 members of the Branch Davidian cult.
Authorities believe the charred human remains found in the basement of the cabin are Dorner, A single gunshot was heard from the cabin before it was fully engulfed in the blaze. When asked about the reward, the Reynolds said that it was no longer being offered because Dorner was killed before he cold be arrested and convicted. Officers tracked Dorner to the cabin after a California Fish and and Wildlife game warden spotted him driving a truck he had carjacked from a Boy Scout leader. During the pursuit, Dorner rolled down the window of the truck and opened fire on the conservation officer with a handgun - striking his patrol vehicle several times.
Rubble: This is the wreckage of the cabin after police knocked down all of the walls and allowed it to burn to the ground. Burned to the ground: This is the wreckage of the cabin where Christopher Dorner is believed to have died. Counter attack: An officer is seen lobbing a gas grenade as others open fire on the cabin where Christopher Dorner barricaded himself.
The warden, a year-old former U. According to the eligibility standards of the U. Department of Veterans Affairs under Article 38, federal officials may not inter in veterans cemeteries people who are shown to have committed a federal or state capital crime but were unavailable for trial due to death or flight to avoid prosecution.
This prohibition is also extended to furnishing a Presidential Memorial Certificate, a burial flag, and a headstone or marker. He placed his now infamous manifesto online which prompted the LAPD to place protective details on about 50 families named in his uninhibited document. Crain, 34, was killed by gunshots in his squad car on Feb.
Another officer was wounded in the ambush. Thousands of blue-uniformed police officers joined family and friends in an overflow crowd outside Riverside's Grove Community Church.
At the conclusion, Crain's son Ian, 10, joined a group of officers carrying his father's casket out of the church for burial at Riverside National Cemetery. They exited the church to the sound of Scottish bagpipes. That's Mike,'' pastor Tom Lance said. Crain's widow, Regina, tearfully recalled happy simple times with her husband, such as the big breakfasts he loved.
Other family members and friends recalled Crain as a dedicated officer and family man who loved working on his Chevy Nova, riding his motorcycle and boating with his family.
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