Crime & Safety

Remains Of 17-Year-Old Jack Cantin Found 3 Years After Devastating Montecito Mudslide

Cantin and another child had been missing since the 2018 disaster.


MONTECITO (CBSLA) — The remains of Jack Cantin, a teenager killed three years ago in the mudflows that devastated Montecito, have been found, his mother said this week.

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Jack was 17 years old when torrential rains hit Thomas Fire-devastated hills in Santa Barbara County, creating a mud and debris flow that destroyed more than 100 homes and killing nearly two dozen people. Jack and another child, 2-year-old Lydia Sutthithepa, have been missing since that 2018 disaster.

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