On July 3, 2023, 26-year-old Kenneth Michael Davis was shot and killed at a residence on the 2000 block of Silverbrook Court in McKinleyville, California. The suspect, 26-year-old Jasen Dwain Coley, fled the scene in a dark-colored compact sedan; the vehicle was found later that evening near the Strawberry Rock area in Trinidad. Coley remained at large until a citizen spotted him on July 5 lying in brush along a trail between Trinidad State Beach and College Cove with a shotgun beside him. Law enforcement arrested him without incident and recovered a 12-gauge Remington 870 shotgun, loaded with a single slug and believed to be the murder weapon. Coley was booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility on suspicion of murder and held without bail pending arraignment; the matter has been submitted to the Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office for prosecution.

Kenneth Michael Davis was born July 14, 1997, in Arcata and grew up in McKinleyville. A 2016 McKinleyville High School graduate who excelled in track and cross-country, he earned a bachelor’s degree in finance with a minor in economics from Cal Poly Humboldt in 2020. He married Jordyn Johnston in July 2021 and the couple had recently purchased their first home. Davis was active in local churches and youth programs and is remembered by the community for his kindness, loyalty, and strong faith.

If anyone has information about events around the Silverbrook Court residence on July 3, please come forward.