Overview
- Daniel Curtis Lee traveled to Riverside to help Tylor Chase, bought him a meal, and paid for a motel room that management later reported was left open with the refrigerator overturned and a microwave in the bathtub.
- Lee posted a video saying he was devastated by the setback and suggested authorities consider a 5150 involuntary psychiatric hold.
- Riverside Police Department spokesperson Ryan Railsback said officers know Chase, check on him at least weekly, have repeatedly offered housing and support, and that he has declined those offers while remaining cooperative.
- Shaun Weiss and his team arranged a detox placement that Chase reportedly backed out of after initial efforts to get him to a hospital.
- Chase’s father says his son’s homelessness is tied to bipolar disorder and schizophrenia compounded by substance use, and his mother has cautioned against giving him cash, steering help toward food, clothing, and essentials.