Briese said that the family had an 85-ounce water bladder backpack along with snacks and a bottle that contained baby formula. The hiking trail included steep and semi-difficult terrain. It was extremely hot that day with local temperatures reaching around 107 to 109 degrees, investigators say. Officials were baffled for weeks as to what killed the family The family had hiked along the Hites Cove Trail in the Sierra National Forest near the Merced River. 17 on a steep switchback trail roughly 1.5 miles from where they parked their car. The married couple, Jonathan Gerrish and Ellen Chung, along with their 1-year-old daughter, Miju, and the family dog, Oski, were all found dead, inexplicably, on Aug. "An unfortunate and tragic event due to the weather." "This is a real tragedy," Mariposa County Sheriff-Coroner Jeremy Briese said Thursday at a press conference.
The news sheds light on a case that has confounded investigators and the public and raised new questions about outdoor recreational activities in an era of rising temperatures and climate fueled extreme weather. According to the Mariposa County Sheriff's Office, the area is reported to be where a family and their dog were found dead.Ī Northern California family found mysteriously dead in August on a hiking trail in the Sierra most likely died from a combination of hyperthermia and dehydration, the local Sheriff who led the investigation said Thursday. A helicopter hovers over a remote area northeast of the town of Mariposa, Calif., on Wednesday, Aug.
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