Missing California mom’s family digs for homicide ‘cover-up or cleanup’ as police eye persons of interest

The sisters of a Northern California mother of four are seeking answers after her disappearance was in the last few days ruled a homicide Nikki Cheng Saelee-McCain was a -year-old mother of four from Shasta County who vanished on May Her disappearance has since been reclassified as a homicide by the Shasta County Sheriff's Office In an emotional interview Kaye Ford and Chloe Saelee opened up to Fox News Digital about the heartbreaking disappearance of their older sister When we initially first had a feeling that she was missing I just knew right away in my heart something wasn't right and I knew something bad had happened to her Saelee reported CALIFORNIA MOM'S DISAPPEARANCE NOW A HOMICIDE AFFAIR AS DETECTIVE EYE PERSONS OF INTERESTFord stated that the Northern California family is extremely close calling and texting each other on a nearly daily basis After their sister failed to participate in the family's evolving group chats they knew something was awry We as a family knew it wasn't her running off or her just not communicating with the family Ford commented We definitely knew that something likely really bad had happened to her And we definitely knew that time was in the essence as far as evidence and clues as to what may have happened to her Saelee-McCain's last contact with her family was on May when she sent a text message to her family around a m After the message she was not heard from again Her van a Chevrolet Avalanche was revealed abandoned on May in western Tehama County SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTEROn March the family's worst nightmare became a reality when the sheriff's office communicated that they had identified persons of interest in Saelee-McCain's homicide probe I'm hopeful that the people who have information will step up Ford disclosed They may or may not be involved in the actual homicide They may be involved in a cover-up or the cleanup whatever else it might be MISSING WISCONSIN TEEN EXPOSED MORE THAN MONTHS AFTER DISAPPEARANCEThe sisters mentioned that they want any involved parties to come forward so they have a clean conscience We're working really hard to apply the pressure Ford mentioned Law enforcement has been very diligently working on the event We don't see bulk of their work since a lot of their work is behind the scenes Nearly months after his wife disappeared Tyler McCain spoke publicly during a press conference on March At the event which was organized by the Shasta County Sheriff's Office McCain expressed remorse for prior domestic abuse charges and his lack of citizens involvement in the search for his missing wife FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME CLUB ON X I apologize to everyone especially my children my wife's family mine as well he noted I'm just here in patronage so anything that I can do I want to do that McCain was charged in December with multiple felony counts including corporal injury to a spouse false imprisonment criminal threats and assault The event was dropped in July last year due to Saelee-McCain's disappearance and the fact that she could not testify against her husband according to KRCR Personnel have not accused McCain of any wrongdoing in his wife s disappearance HAVE A NEWS TIP CLICK HEREAuthorities are seeking information about a red truck whose driver may have picked up a man in the area of Highway in western Tehama County near the R Wild Horse Ranch or the Beegum Gorge Bridge between May and May A combined reward of up to is offered for information leading to Saelee-McCain's location GET REAL-TIME UPDATES DIRECTLY ON THE TRUE CRIME HUBFox News Digital has reached out to McCain's attorney the Shasta County Sheriff's Office and Rep Doug LaMalfa R-CA- for comment