Cedar Fire - Fatalities

Fatalities

Fifteen people, including one firefighter, were killed by the fire. The fatalities were:

• Galen Blacklidge — 50, of Lakeside, teacher, artist – Died October 26, 2003 while trying to escape in her vehicle.
• Christy-Anne Seiler-Davis — 42, Alpine - Died October 26, 2003 while in her home on Vista Viejas Road in Alpine.
• Gary Edward Downs — 50, Lakeside, small-business owner – Died October 26, 2003 while trying to escape the flames on Wildcat Canyon Road.
• John Leonard Pack — 28, Lakeside - Died October 26, 2003 along with his wife Quynh trying to escape the fire on Wildcat Canyon Road.
• Quynh Yen Chau Pack — 28, Lakeside - Died October 26, 2003 along with her husband John trying to escape the fire on Wildcat Canyon Road.
• Mary Lynne Peace — 54, Lakeside, nurse - Died on October 26, 2003 along with her sister-in-law Robin Sloan near the Barona Indian Reservation.
• Steven Rucker — 38, Novato, firefighter, died October 29, 2003 in Julian on firefighting operations.
• Stephen Shacklett — 54, Lakeside, construction superintendent - Died October 26, 2003 while trying to escape the fire in his motorhome on Muth Valley road.
• James Shohara — 63, Lakeside, correctional officer - Died October 26, 2003 along with his wife and son while trying to escape near San Vicente Reservoir, Lakeside.
• Solange Shohara — 43, Lakeside, correctional officer - Died October 26, 2003 along with her husband and stepson while trying to escape near San Vicente Reservoir, Lakeside.
• Randy Shohara — 32, Lakeside - Died October 26, 2003 with his stepmother and father trying to escape near San Vicente Reservoir, Lakeside.
• Robin Sloan — 45, Lakeside, retail store employee - Died October 26, 2003 attempting to escape the fire near the Barona Indian Reservation.
• Jennifer Sloan — 17, Lakeside, student - Died October 26, 2003 along with her mother Robin while attempting to escape the fire near the Barona Indian Reservation.
• Ralph Marshall Westley — 77, Lakeside, retired retail clerk, discovered October 27, 2003 at a home on Barona Road.
• Unidentified victim found in mid-December in the southern part of MCAS Miramar near the interchange of the Escondido Freeway and Mount Soledad Freeway .