What happened to this California family?

[Anonymous]

How did they all die, including the dog, all at once? Gas from a mine? The toxic algae? The heat?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/08/23/mariposa-family-death-mystery/

[Anonymous]

It is a weird, weird story. They were transplants from the Bay Area who left San Francisco at the height of the pandemic to pursue a dream of living in a rural area. They'd only been there a year and had their new baby at the same time.

Nine hours later and 1.5 miles from the truck, in an area known as Devil’s Gulch, a search-and-rescue team found Gerrish, Chung, their daughter, Miju, and the dog.

They were all dead.

Gerrish was in a seated position with the baby and dog beside him, according to the Chronicle. Chung was a little farther up the hill.

[Anonymous]

I mean how can two adults and a baby all die so suddenly that they couldn't hike a mile back to their vehicle? And the dog too?

[Anonymous]

obviously murder-suicide.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:obviously murder-suicide.

There were no marks on the bodies and no wounds. They'd just bought a new AirBnB property as well.

So exactly how would you suggest this murder-suicide happened?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:obviously murder-suicide.

No marks on them and toxicology has turned up nothing so far. Very weird.

[Anonymous]

For people who want to read a non-paywall link - https://abc7.com/missing-california-family-found-dead-of-3-john-gerrish-ellen-chung/10964825/

[Anonymous]

They're thinking toxic algae: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/family-found-dead-sierra-national-forest_n_611f4065e4b0c6968106d90a?ncid=APPLENEWS00001

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:obviously murder-suicide.

There were no marks on the bodies and no wounds. They'd just bought a new AirBnB property as well.

So exactly how would you suggest this murder-suicide happened?

I mean, it’s Occam’s Razor. Toxicology reports will shown the husband poisoned the wife with something in the water, then the baby, dog, and himself.

[Anonymous]

I’d think that if it were gas, there would be several other dead animals in the area.

Heat I feel would kill everyone at different times, since people have different tolerances.

I googled algal blooms and sounds like they are pretty obvious (water changes colors and looks scummy), and no human deaths have ever been attributed to them. So that seems unlikely.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like poisoning, either purposeful or accidental. A gas would make sense, you sit down because you're not feeling well and just drift off. A purposeful poisoning would usually have signs (foaming at mouth, blood, vomit, etc)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They're thinking toxic algae: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/family-found-dead-sierra-national-forest_n_611f4065e4b0c6968106d90a?ncid=APPLENEWS00001

Maybe...they said Merced River near where they were found had/has toxic algae. Which is something I've honestly never thought to look out for. Not that I hike...at all.



https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/19/us/yosemite-family-death-trnd/index.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:obviously murder-suicide.

There were no marks on the bodies and no wounds. They'd just bought a new AirBnB property as well.

So exactly how would you suggest this murder-suicide happened?

I mean, it’s Occam’s Razor. Toxicology reports will shown the husband poisoned the wife with something in the water, then the baby, dog, and himself.

There are easier ways to poison a family than to go on a hike and hope the spot of water you pick is toxic.

Besides which - poison is mostly a woman's choice of murder/suicide.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’d think that if it were gas, there would be several other dead animals in the area.

Heat I feel would kill everyone at different times, since people have different tolerances.

I googled algal blooms and sounds like they are pretty obvious (water changes colors and looks scummy), and no human deaths have ever been attributed to them. So that seems unlikely.

They were also only gone for a day. A friend went out looking for them within 24 hours and found that. That's not enough for heat stroke for all four bodies (especially the dog).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:obviously murder-suicide.

There were no marks on the bodies and no wounds. They'd just bought a new AirBnB property as well.

So exactly how would you suggest this murder-suicide happened?

I mean, it’s Occam’s Razor. Toxicology reports will shown the husband poisoned the wife with something in the water, then the baby, dog, and himself.

There are easier ways to poison a family than to go on a hike and hope the spot of water you pick is toxic.

Besides which - poison is mostly a woman's choice of murder/suicide.

I mean, put something in the water they were drinking. Toxic algae is far-fetched. A hike in 100 degree heat when you filled the water bottles is way to ensure it.