The son of Creedence Clearwater Revival drummer Doug Clifford has been accused of killing his California girlfriend who disappeared six days before her suspected body was discovered off a highway in Nevada.
Brent Clifford, 55, was booked into South Placer County Jail on a homicide charge in connection to the death of Patricia Portella-Wright, who was reported missing after not showing up for work on Aug. 9, ABC10 reported.
Portella-Wright, 48, was last seen five days earlier on the morning of Aug. 4, according to the Placer County Sheriff’s Office.
Police and search and rescue squads recovered a body believed to be Portella-Wright’s in an embankment off Mount Rose Highway in Washoe County, Nev. on Thursday.
“Through investigation we obtained information that led us to the area of Mt Rose Highway. Using a drone we were able to locate the body of a female down a steep embankment,” the sheriff’s office said.
Police, who “tentatively identified” the body as Portella-Wright, were waiting on confirmation from the Washoe County Coroner’s Office.
They have not identified a motive behind the killing, but said there is “apparent foul play involved.”
Cops had identified Clifford as a person of interest in Portella-Wright’s disappearance as they say she was last seen with her boyfriend.
Clifford was also named a person of interest in a homicide in Reno, Nev. after the Reno Police Department said he traveled to the city from the Tahoe area on Aug. 9 to visit a friend, the Reno Gazette Journal reported.
William Andrews, 68, was found with a gunshot wound to the head on the 1300 block of Keystone Avenue in Reno, according to police and ABC 10.
Clifford is believed to have stolen Andrews’ red 2003 Chevrolet Blazer.
The car was later spotted driving westbound on Highway 70 in Calif. leading police to Plumas County, police said.
Clifford was taken into police custody just before 4 p.m. on Aug.14 in Portola, Calif. a 60-mile drive northwest of Kings Beach on an active warrant for identity theft charges related to Portella-Wright’s disappearance.
He was charged with homicide and booked into Placer County Jail after the body was recovered.
Clifford is ineligible for bail, jail records viewed by The Post showed.
Brent Clifford is the son of Doug Clifford the founder drummer for Creedence Clearwater Revival.
The band, which consisted of John Fogerty, Tom Fogerty, Stu Cook and Doug Clifford was first inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.
They were the first major band to sign on to play at the 1969 Woodstock in upstate New York.
After the band disbanded in 1972, Cook and Clifford formed Creedence Clearwater Revisted, where they performed from 1995 to 2020.
