Two Twentynine Palms residents have been arrested for stealing the car that belonged to Erika Lloyd, a Walnut Creek woman who went missing in June of 2020 in Twentynine Palms. In June of 2020, detectives from the Morongo Basin Sheriff’s Station initiated a missing person investigation for Lloyd and found her 2006 Honda Accord abandoned on Shelton Road, north of Twentynine Palms Highway. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, along with the help of the community, conducted several search and rescue operations, attempting to locate Lloyd. In December of 2020, Detectives gathered information and found Lloyd’s vehicle was taken from the original location where she went missing. Lloyd’s vehicle was moved more than two miles from where she went missing, throwing off search and rescue operations in locating her. Unfortunately, Erika Lloyd’s remains were located in January of 2021.
On June 6, 2021, Detectives identified Teala Campbell, 34, and David Krough, 28, as the suspects in the grand theft auto of the vehicle. Arrest warrants were issued for Campbell and Krough and on June 8, detectives served search warrants at their residence at the 4800 block of Falderman Avenue in Twentynine Palms. Teala Campbell was arrested for grand theft auto and possession of stolen property and booked into the West Valley Detention Center with her bail set at $1,000,000. David Krough was arrested for vehicle theft and being a felon in possession of a firearm and booked into the West Valley Detention Center with his bail set at $75,000.
