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Six teenagers are suspected of placing a tree branch on Pomeroy Road on Thursday night that caused a motorcycle accident that killed an Arroyo Grande man.
Jacob Peter Tillema, 65, died early Friday at Arroyo Grande Community Hospital after striking a branch in the roadway with his Harley- Davidson motorcycle.
Information released by the CHP on Monday states six teens between the ages of 12 and 14 may have put the branch there. The crash happened just south of Primrose Lane.
No arrests had been made as of Monday afternoon. However, the teens could face charges depending on the result of the investigation, according to the CHP.
Tillema, a native of Holland, owned and operated a local crane business for many years. He died less than three years after his daughter, Jami Tillema, 26, was killed in a single-car wreck on Willow Road, on the Nipomo Mesa.
—Leah Etling
Cambria
Skeletal remains found near a Cambria cemetery in 1987 will be exhumed this week so cold case investigators can use advanced technology to try to identify the suspected-suicide victim.
The remains of the 5-foot-5 to 5-foot-8-inch, 30-to 40-year-old man were found Nov. 14, 1987. Reports in the then- Telegram-Tribune about the discovery said a tourist hunting for mushrooms in a wooded area about 1.5 miles east of Cambria found the body.
The remains had been there possibly for years, officials said. An autopsy in 1987 showed the man died of a gunshot wound to the head.
No vehicle was found in the area. A rusty, snub-nosed revolver was found with the skeleton. The gun was traced to a Canton, Ohio, hardware store circa 1950-51. It was later sold at Enderle’s Hardware in Santa Ana.
The remains were clothed in a blue, medium sized, waist-length jacket and hiking boots. If there was other clothing, it had rotted away by 1987, said officials.
Investigators and a forensic anthropologist will use advances in DNA technology and other methods of identifying dental and skeletal remains to try to identify the man “and bring closure to any remaining family and let people know we never give up,” said Deputy Coroner Steve Crawford.
It may take up to a year for any results of the exhumation, which is taking place at an unidentified cemetery in the county, to be completed.
—Tribune staff report
San Simeon
A plan by a San Simeon motel to convert 57 units into studio efficiency apartments will be discussed by the North Coast Advisory Council at its meeting at 7 p. m. Wednesday at Rabobank, 1070 Main St., Cambria.
Some San Simeon residents have complained motel units at San Simeon’s Courtesy Inn have been used as long-term rentals. The issue has simmered in town for more than six years.
Proponents say the North Coast is desperately short of affordable rental housing for service workers and those on limited incomes and that this conversion could help fill that gap. Opponents say the neighborhood isn’t suited for large families.
The conversion was delayed by zoning changes to the previous North Coast Area Plan. With that update completed, the motel-conversion project is now working its way through the county planning process.
The units covered by the plan face Avonne Avenue at Pen Way.
The council will send its recommendations to county planners.
—Kathe Tanner
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