What happened to this California family?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://rescue911.fandom.com/wiki/Heatstroke_Hiker (text version of a tv show from 1990)

19-yo girl almost dies of heatstroke on a short hike near Las Vegas while hiking back down to their car.

I've been to Red Rock in August and went maybe half a mile in before turning around. It's no joke when it's that hot and there is no shade regardless of how much water you have.

Yes. When I was in grand canyon, rangers were going around reminding people not to get too ambitious, because all the hikes there feel so easy at first (as you go into the canyon and it is cool...), but then you have to climb back up, and it is hotter.

Apparently they do 2-3 helicopter evacuations a day at the GC during the summer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://rescue911.fandom.com/wiki/Heatstroke_Hiker (text version of a tv show from 1990)

19-yo girl almost dies of heatstroke on a short hike near Las Vegas while hiking back down to their car.

I've been to Red Rock in August and went maybe half a mile in before turning around. It's no joke when it's that hot and there is no shade regardless of how much water you have.

Yes. When I was in grand canyon, rangers were going around reminding people not to get too ambitious, because all the hikes there feel so easy at first (as you go into the canyon and it is cool...), but then you have to climb back up, and it is hotter.

Apparently they do 2-3 helicopter evacuations a day at the GC during the summer.

Just to clarify... thats all causes, many of which include injuries, not just heat exhaustion or heat stroke.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can we back up and talk about why someone might put a baby in a carrier and head out into that heat? I had my babies in May in DC and I didn’t use the ergo that summer when it was too hot because I was worried they would overheat with my body heat. I realize it’s a hiking pack, but still. Seems VERY reckless.

I have to think it was intended to be a short hike and not during the heat of the day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love how dcum is like, 2 adults having heatstroke on the same hot day is too much of a stretch. I think it was a total stranger sneaking up and chloroforming them for no reason.

There are some brilliant minds on here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love how dcum is like, 2 adults having heatstroke on the same hot day is too much of a stretch. I think it was a total stranger sneaking up and chloroforming them for no reason.

It's slightly better than permafrost, killer boulders, and rogue branches.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love how dcum is like, 2 adults having heatstroke on the same hot day is too much of a stretch. I think it was a total stranger sneaking up and chloroforming them for no reason.

There are some brilliant minds on here.

Neither of those options! Haven’t we determined that it was a large Boulder?!?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love how dcum is like, 2 adults having heatstroke on the same hot day is too much of a stretch. I think it was a total stranger sneaking up and chloroforming them for no reason.

Wrong. It was a mountain bike that ran down all 3 humans plus a dog, leaving no visible signs of trauma. The magical mountain bike.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love how dcum is like, 2 adults having heatstroke on the same hot day is too much of a stretch. I think it was a total stranger sneaking up and chloroforming them for no reason.

There are some brilliant minds on here.
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If you all think that both adults, a baby, and a dog all died of heat stroke then you aren't too brilliant yourselves. There are rational theories outside of your heatstroke one or chloroforming. Nobody wants it to be true.

[Anonymous]

There's an update!

https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article253770788.html

Weapons or “chemical hazards” along a trail have been “ruled out” as a possible cause of death in a mysterious case of a Mariposa family found dead while hiking in Sierra National Forest over a week ago.

“ALL other potential causes of death remain,” the Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday while sharing a brief timeline of the investigation into the deaths of Jonathan Gerrish, 45, Ellen Chung, 30, and their 1-year-old daughter, Aurelia Miju Chung-Gerrish and 8-year-old dog, Oski, described as an Aussie-Akita mix.

[Anonymous]

Also a timeline from the sheriff:

Saturday, Aug. 14: Jonathan Gerrish researches Hites Cove hike via a phone app.
Sunday, Aug. 15: 7:45 a.m., witness sees the Gerrish/Chung family traveling toward the trailhead in their vehicle.
Monday, Aug. 16: 11 p.m., a family friend reports the family missing.
Tuesday, Aug. 17: 1:53 a.m., the family’s car is located down Hites Cove Road north of Jerseydale.
Tuesday, Aug. 17: 1:55 a.m., a search and rescue mission is initiated.
Tuesday, Aug. 17: 11 a.m., the family is found dead on the Savage-Lundy Trail by a search and rescue team.
Thursday, Aug. 19: Autopsies are completed on the family and dog, “all currently pending toxicology.”
Friday, Aug. 20: Search warrants issued for a phone found with the family.
Friday, Aug. 20: Search warrants issued for the family’s home and cars. “Nothing significant” is found.
Monday, Aug. 23: Additional water samples are collected from water sources “along the trail area.”
Tuesday, Aug. 24: A cell phone is delivered to the FBI for data extraction, “awaiting results.”
Wednesday, Aug. 25: Search warrants issued for “possible social media access.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There's an update!

https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article253770788.html

Weapons or “chemical hazards” along a trail have been “ruled out” as a possible cause of death in a mysterious case of a Mariposa family found dead while hiking in Sierra National Forest over a week ago.

“ALL other potential causes of death remain,” the Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday while sharing a brief timeline of the investigation into the deaths of Jonathan Gerrish, 45, Ellen Chung, 30, and their 1-year-old daughter, Aurelia Miju Chung-Gerrish and 8-year-old dog, Oski, described as an Aussie-Akita mix.

Well, I guess that answers the question of the poor dog's breed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also a timeline from the sheriff:

Saturday, Aug. 14: Jonathan Gerrish researches Hites Cove hike via a phone app.
Sunday, Aug. 15: 7:45 a.m., witness sees the Gerrish/Chung family traveling toward the trailhead in their vehicle.
Monday, Aug. 16: 11 p.m., a family friend reports the family missing.
Tuesday, Aug. 17: 1:53 a.m., the family’s car is located down Hites Cove Road north of Jerseydale.
Tuesday, Aug. 17: 1:55 a.m., a search and rescue mission is initiated.
Tuesday, Aug. 17: 11 a.m., the family is found dead on the Savage-Lundy Trail by a search and rescue team.
Thursday, Aug. 19: Autopsies are completed on the family and dog, “all currently pending toxicology.”
Friday, Aug. 20: Search warrants issued for a phone found with the family.
Friday, Aug. 20: Search warrants issued for the family’s home and cars. “Nothing significant” is found.
Monday, Aug. 23: Additional water samples are collected from water sources “along the trail area.”
Tuesday, Aug. 24: A cell phone is delivered to the FBI for data extraction, “awaiting results.”
Wednesday, Aug. 25: Search warrants issued for “possible social media access.”

So likely simultaneous natural causes. What are the odds for that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There's an update!

https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article253770788.html

Weapons or “chemical hazards” along a trail have been “ruled out” as a possible cause of death in a mysterious case of a Mariposa family found dead while hiking in Sierra National Forest over a week ago.

“ALL other potential causes of death remain,” the Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday while sharing a brief timeline of the investigation into the deaths of Jonathan Gerrish, 45, Ellen Chung, 30, and their 1-year-old daughter, Aurelia Miju Chung-Gerrish and 8-year-old dog, Oski, described as an Aussie-Akita mix.

Just wait…

The cyanide ruling will come soon enough.


Sick. Absolutely sick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also a timeline from the sheriff:

Saturday, Aug. 14: Jonathan Gerrish researches Hites Cove hike via a phone app.
Sunday, Aug. 15: 7:45 a.m., witness sees the Gerrish/Chung family traveling toward the trailhead in their vehicle.
Monday, Aug. 16: 11 p.m., a family friend reports the family missing.
Tuesday, Aug. 17: 1:53 a.m., the family’s car is located down Hites Cove Road north of Jerseydale.
Tuesday, Aug. 17: 1:55 a.m., a search and rescue mission is initiated.
Tuesday, Aug. 17: 11 a.m., the family is found dead on the Savage-Lundy Trail by a search and rescue team.
Thursday, Aug. 19: Autopsies are completed on the family and dog, “all currently pending toxicology.”
Friday, Aug. 20: Search warrants issued for a phone found with the family.
Friday, Aug. 20: Search warrants issued for the family’s home and cars. “Nothing significant” is found.
Monday, Aug. 23: Additional water samples are collected from water sources “along the trail area.”
Tuesday, Aug. 24: A cell phone is delivered to the FBI for data extraction, “awaiting results.”
Wednesday, Aug. 25: Search warrants issued for “possible social media access.”

So likely simultaneous natural causes. What are the odds for that.

What is wrong with you? It was obviously murder/suicide.

I feel so bad for the mom. She tried to get away…it must’ve been awful for her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love how dcum is like, 2 adults having heatstroke on the same hot day is too much of a stretch. I think it was a total stranger sneaking up and chloroforming them for no reason.

There are some brilliant minds on here.

If you all think that both adults, a baby, and a dog all died of heat stroke then you aren't too brilliant yourselves. There are rational theories outside of your heatstroke one or chloroforming. Nobody wants it to be true.

I have no idea what killed then but I’m 99.9999% sure that it wasn’t a chloroform killer.

I’m waiting on toxicology reports.