Saturday, 8 June 2019

Car and Driver and Jalopnik writer has gone missing on a motorcycle trip in CA.


Hi folks:Davey Johnson, who has written for Car and Driver and Jalopnik and others has gone missing while riding a press bike in Amador county, CA.I’ve met Davey a few times through work and he’s a genuinely good guy. If anyone’s in the area and has any info, please call the Calaveras County sherifs office.Here’s a copy paste;*MISSING PERSON ALERT*This is my friend Davey G. Johnson and I'm trying to help Jaclyn Trop find him.Name: David Gordon Johnson He is 5'10" and around 200 lbs. Grey hair and riding a Honda CB1000R press bike (mfg plate 3421).Last contact was somewhere along RT 49 around 2:11am PT on Wednesday morning. He's been out of touch with everyone we know, since.UPDATE ONE: The local police have pinged the last known location of his cell phone to Amador County, CA, around 8 am PT Wednesday morning. There have not been any pings since. We have called all the hotels in the area and the hospitals.UPDATE TWO: (12:13 AM PT, Saturday, June 8): THE POLICE HAVE FOUND THE BIKE: Parked outside rest stop on RT 49 near Mokelumne Hill. Davey's backpack, computer and phone are not there, but the bike has been found. The Calaveras County Sheriff is planning a search and rescue starting tomorrow morning to look for Davey.We don't have specific route details but believe he was heading home (west) to Sacramento from the Mammoth area. He was due home yesterday or today at the latest.Jaclyn has filed a missing persons report with the Sacramento Sheriff and has been in touch with Tuolumne County Sheriff and CHP (with the tremendous help from Cory Burns and Chris Cantle). The case is now with Calaveras County.The area is remote and Davey was in warm weather gear. From his texts he was tired and cold and had a hell of a time getting over Sonora. Rt 108 just reopened on May 30.We're coming up on 72 hours of no contact.If you are in the area, saw him, spoke to him after 2am Wednesday morning, or know anything please reach out and/or share. via /r/motorcycles https://www.reddit.com/r/motorcycles/comments/by7223/car_and_driver_and_jalopnik_writer_has_gone/?utm_source=ifttt

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