{"id":910294,"date":"2021-10-22T14:44:42","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T18:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=910294"},"modified":"2021-10-22T14:44:44","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T18:44:44","slug":"calif-family-found-dead-on-hiking-trail-died-of-extreme-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/calif-family-found-dead-on-hiking-trail-died-of-extreme-heat\/","title":{"rendered":"Calif. family found dead on hiking trail died of extreme heat"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcalif-family-found-dead-on-hiking-trail-died-of-extreme-heat%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=910294&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2558235\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2558235\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Mariposa County deputy sheriff stands watch over a remote area northeast of the town of Mariposa, Calif., on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, near the area where a family and their dog were reportedly found dead the day before. (Craig Kohlruss\/The Fresno Bee via AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 11:06 AM PT \u2013 Friday, October 22, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Authorities release the cause of death for a family found on a hiking trail in Northern California. According to Mariposa County officials, the family likely died from extreme heat stress and dehydration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe cause of death for Jonathan Gerrish, Ellen Chung, Aurelia \u201cMiju\u201d Chung-Gerrish has been determined as hypothermia and probable dehydration due to the environmental exposure,\u201d announced Sheriff Jeremy Briese of Mariposa County.<\/p>\n<p>The County Sheriff released the family\u2019s likely cause of death on Thursday after they and their dog went hiking on a trail located in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in August. Officials confirmed the family was walking in a remote area close to the Merced River located in the Sierra National Forest and the extreme heat likely got to them.<\/p>\n<p>After friends reported them missing, the married couple, their one-year-old daughter and their dog were found less than two miles from their vehicle with empty water containers. Experts said temperatures in the area ranged from 107-to-109 degrees Fahrenheit.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jonathan Gerrish, Ellen Chung, Aurelia Miju Chung and their family dog Oski, whose bodies were found on August 17 on a hiking trail in Mariposa County, California, died of hyperthermia and probable dehydration, the county sheriff said <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IInPsjuPBR\">pic.twitter.com\/IInPsjuPBR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Reuters (@Reuters) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Reuters\/status\/1451394127283712000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cOnce we were able to establish the timeline and once we were able to establish the confirmed weather and then also the terrain and the lack of shade and lack of water, once we got all of that together, as well with the pathology report or the autopsy reports, it all pretty much clicked together,\u201d said Briese.<\/p>\n<p>Toxicologists and environmental experts were able to rule out the causes of death being related to a weapon, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, drugs, alcohol or suicide. Officials closed campgrounds and recreation areas near where the family was located on the 2.8 mile Savage Lundy Trail, which is said to be the most difficult trail in the remote area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis trail in this area severely in elevation, and, as well as the initial hike started off at, I believe, 74 degrees. By the time they got down walking the roadway before they hit the trail, it\u2019s already jumped to 103, so yes it definitely fluctuated,\u201d said the Sheriff.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, friends and family members continue to mourn over the loss of their loved ones and left a statement with police.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur hearts will never forget the beautiful lives of Jonathan, Ellen, Miju and of course, Oski. They will remain with us wherever we go and whatever we do,\u201d relayed Kristin Mitchell, the county public information officer.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Mariposa County Sheriff&#8217;s Office will release information in the death investigation of a local family that was found on a hiking trail. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/goQZBmfxeO\">https:\/\/t.co\/goQZBmfxeO<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KgRNGCrIw7\">pic.twitter.com\/KgRNGCrIw7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ABC30 Fresno (@ABC30) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC30\/status\/1451020558246760451?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/rep-mccarthy-subpoena-for-bannon-is-invalid-politically-motivated\/\">Rep. McCarthy: Subpoena For Bannon Is Invalid, Politically Motivated<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Mariposa County deputy sheriff stands watch over a remote area northeast of the town of Mariposa, Calif., on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, near the area where a family and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-910294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=910294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=910294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=910294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=910294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}