Photo of Tyler Dickson courtesy of the GoFundMe fundraiser.
A GoFundMe fundraiser has been launched to support the family of Tyler Dickson, 20, the promising student-athlete from San Pablo who was found murdered at a campground in Oroville last weekend.
“As our family deals with this heartbreak, we ask for your support in ensuring our son, brother, nephew, cousin and friend has a heartfelt home going ceremony,” according to the GoFundMe.
Dickson, a student athlete at Contra Costa College who was a star quarterback and basketball player at El Cerrito High, graduating in 2019, was reportedly camping at the Bidwell Marina Campground at the time he was killed. About 5 a.m. Saturday, July 3, Butte County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the campground on a report of an injured person and found Dickson inside a tent. Medical personnel determined he was deceased, and detectives subsequently gathered evidence and information that indicated he had been murdered, the Sheriff’s Office said. Further details about the case were not provided and the investigation was ongoing, the Sheriff’s Office said.