CA: Father and Son Lunatics Kidnap Two USFS Employees

Tuesday, July 21, 2026

In what could have been a scene out of the classic 1972 film Deliverance, father and son Joseph Charles Henrichsen (49) and Phoenix Henrichsen (23) abducted at gunpoint two US Forest Service employees, zip-tied them, and held them in a trailer for 15 hours before they were rescued by law-enforcement personnel in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest.

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The two miscreants have been rendered ineffective and are in federal custody. If convicted, Joseph Charles Henrichsen (49) and Phoenix Henrichsen (23) face a maximum statutory penalty of life in prison and a $250,000 fine.

The charges are only allegations; the defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

Every mother's dream for their daughter, Phoenix Henrichsen

"He shore duz have a purdy mouth."

#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-07-21 04:39 AM | Reply

The seriously odd bods around Big Sur sometimes migrated up to that Mount Shasta country - a bit more wackdoodle-ish in them parts, buzzing night lights and tinfoil hat experiences aplenty in the offing - real rough hippie redneck types. This father-son duo sound about right, probably not doing okay economically since CA legalized ganja.

#2 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-07-21 12:52 PM | Reply

Sooprise: "GUMBOOT LAKE KIDNAPPING SUSPECT HAS DOCUMENTED MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS, PRIOR HATE CRIME CASE IN WASHINGTON STATE" (kymkemp.com).

#3 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-07-21 01:13 PM | Reply

If this mook and his kid have beaten the crap out of at least one cop they are absolutely golden Trump Presidential Pardon material.

#4 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-07-21 01:16 PM | Reply

Thanks for the granularity on these two pagals.

Wow.

The authors of this controversial book which I read many years ago contend that mental illness has been growing in the populations of the Western world, like a silent disease.

#5 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-07-21 01:31 PM | Reply