Some committed suicide. Although the womans body was discovered at the base of Upper Yosemite Fall on Jan. 16, a week went by before the Park Service announced her death. Sign up here. Police can confirm that the missing woman has been found on Wednesday. A woman was found dead in Yosemite. Park officials say she was a 41-year-old who went to Yosemite from Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate. Xie was a Chinese citizen living in the United States. Carole Sund, who was 42, had taken her eldest daughter Julie, 15, and Silvina, 16, who was visiting the family in Eureka, to Yosemite for a holiday on Presidents' Day Weekend. And in 2005, a 21-year-old Irishman named Shane Michael Kinsella drank a considerable amount of wine, Ghiglieri says, and posed for a photo as if he were falling into the water. Ashley Harrell is an Associate Editor covering California's parks for SFGATE. SF tourists go in droves to In-N-Out. The missing-persons post states that Xie, a 41-year-old Chinese national living in the United States is believed to have gone on a day hike to the Upper Yosemite She is safely reunited with friends," said Western Cape police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Malcolm Pojie. The fact that she was recovered alive was very lucky.' The drop from the top of the waterfall to the base is approximately 1,400 feet, according to a video on the parks website. The whole thing really messed with my head.. Sometimes its hard to know where that limit is.. Authorities later determined that the woman found in the Jeep was the same woman who was reported missing. If "she has a good skill set of survival, it's a good possibility," he said. ''Somebody knows the whole story and we want it out,'' Mr. Carrington said today. Xie is not the first person to lose her life while hiking Upper Yosemite Fall, but according to Michael Ghiglieri, co-author of "Off the Wall: Death in Yosemite," she is the first woman. Stayner confessed to the murder of Armstrong and then surprised the detectives by admitting that he was also responsible for the murders of the Sunds and Pelosso. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. 30-year-old Nike Antonia Riess was reported missing on Tuesday. Following his escape, a television movie, I Know My First Name is Steven, dramatized the incident. Courtesy of the Schmidt and Petito family, NOW WATCH: Watch the implosion of Trump's failed casino in Atlantic City, leaving Petito "in the wilderness with grizzly bears and wolves, A private investigator told Insider the chance of finding a missing person alive after 2 weeks in the wild is "minimal.". So tragic: Hiker may have been the last person to see Alice Yu Xie alive in Yosemite, Dubs fans picking apart video of possible Poole-Draymond incident, Bay Area preschool teacher suspected of dumping body along road, Bay Area mom influencer found guilty of lying about kidnapping, 'Horrible': Oakland rapper dumps on Chase Center Warriors fans, More rain, 'unseasonably chilly' temperatures coming to Bay Area, Destructive landslide closes historic California institution, 49ers out in full force at Warriors-Kings Game 7, Sold-out Berkeley crowd gets rowdy at country star's concert, Shock, fear as 2 killings in 3 days rock quiet Davis. SFGATE reporter Amanda Bartlett contributed to this report. In the initial conversation, authorities asked Horn about Xies appearance, clothing and location. In agreement with that assessment is Jason Torlano, a former search-and-rescue employee in Yosemite who was born and raised near the park. Missing woman found dead at base of Upper Yosemite Fall, Dubs fans picking apart video of possible Poole-Draymond incident, Bay Area preschool teacher suspected of dumping body along road, Bay Area mom influencer found guilty of lying about kidnapping, 'Horrible': Oakland rapper dumps on Chase Center Warriors fans, More rain, 'unseasonably chilly' temperatures coming to Bay Area, Destructive landslide closes historic California institution, 49ers out in full force at Warriors-Kings Game 7, Sold-out Berkeley crowd gets rowdy at country star's concert, Shock, fear as 2 killings in 3 days rock quiet Davis. After nearly five months of going missing, news of her whereabouts came to light on May 4, 2021. Exclusive shows & extensions. 9, 2023 at 5:33 PM PDT. A local fisher rescues a woman in Marion county, Texas. Subscriptions. Enter a date in the format M/D (e.g., 1/1), Bodies found in Yosemite serial killer case, https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bodies-found-in-yosemite-serial-killer-case, Texas Western defeats Kentucky in NCAA final, Elvis Presley puts a down payment on Graceland. It is not clear why she was listed missing for She's been linked to a cult and a serial killer, A religious group is strangling access to Calif.'s most beautiful waterfalls, Your Privacy Choices (Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads). But no ransom note was ever found, and the authorities concluded that the women were victims of random foul play. Her cause of death has not been released. Published: Apr. (LCSO) 6:40 P.M. UPDATE: Nike Riess has been found alive, the Lyon County Sheriffs Office reported. as well as other partner offers and accept our. She had been in the water before that. The following day, March 19, investigators arrived to open the car trunk, where they discovered the badly burned bodies of Sund and Pelosso. Police say Petito's last known location is believed to be in the state's Grand Teton National Park. Foul play is not suspected. A day later, the bodies of Carole Sund and Silvina Pelosso are found in the trunk. NBC Universal, Inc. A California woman who disappeared while vacationing in South Florida has been found alive, Miami Police officials said Thursday. Her condition was not immediately available. He reported observing a black Jeep submerged about 40 feet from the Woodys camp boat ramp, said the Marion county sheriffs offices statement. The sheriffs office released new information in the search for Riess. Juli Sunds body was found thirty miles away a week after the car was found. Cape Town central community policing forum chairperson Marc Truss said Goodness had been found unharmed. Underneath, a caption read, Missing Person: Alice Yu Xie.. Guillermo Hechevarria, a criminal investigator with Investigation Services Unlimited in Florida, told Insider he believes Laundrie most likely left Petito alive somewhere in the Tetons. Tiera Strand. Explore the latest news & podcasts. Xie was found dead at the base of Upper Yosemite Fall on Saturday, January 16. He refused to comment on whether they were close to making an arrest, on how investigators had located the third body, and on the cause of death for any of the victims. Anna Horn at the top of Upper Yosemite Fall. I am pretty sure I was the last person to interact with her, Horn says. Photo: Tiera Strand/Facebook. He was convicted of the other three counts of murder in 2002 and sentenced to death. Police can confirm that the missing woman has been found on Wednesday. Her family was heading to the hospital to be reunited with her. Cary Stayner was convicted in all four murders and sentenced to death. The Sheriffs Office says her car was found, abandoned on a dirt road approximately two miles from her home at around 1:15 p.m. Tuesday. Florida's Fourth Estate: Barton Beef (12-02-22) TAMPA, Fla. The cause of death of a Florida toddler found dead in an alligators mouth last month has been released. The woman had been reported missing since 5 April by the police department of Longview, Texas, according to a statement from the local Marion county Then when I was about to leave at the top, I saw her come up. Sign up for notifications from Insider! But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! The news was deeply troubling to Horn, who knew in her bones that the woman likely fell off the cliff. At that time, Stayner was not a suspect in the case. Petito, a van-life vlogger, last spoke to her family in late August. A woman reported missing on Jan. 15 was found dead the next day, Yosemite Park officials announced Friday. Officials say she was also carrying a small green backpack. A woman was found dead in Yosemite. 4. 'The woman was missing since Tuesday night and we located her with the aid of Rescue 117 on Wednesday afternoon. A little closer to the edge of that mountain. MARION COUNTY, Texas ( KLTV /Gray News) - Texas authorities said a woman was found alive inside a submerged Jeep Friday morning. Top editors give you the stories you want delivered right to your inbox each weekday. "It's a possibility.". More than 50 years after her babysitter kidnapped her as a baby in Texas, a US woman has reunited with her family, Authorities said hikers found abandoned gear and supplies belonging to Sandra strewn about her campsite on July 2, 2020, including a tent. After the women were reported missing, police questioned Stayner but didnt believe the clean-cut handyman, who had no history of violence, was involved. Sign up now to learn about This Day in History straight from your inbox. "Police can confirm that the missing woman has been found on Wednesday. "Alice" Yu Xie, 41, traveled from Mariposa to Yosemite on a YARTS bus on Jan. 14. She is safely reunited with friends, he said. 2023, A&E Television Networks, LLC. Since returning home without Petito, Laundrie has retained a lawyer and has not cooperated with investigators. She didnt. We strive for accuracy and fairness. Investigators had searched Modesto and the mines, ravines and woods around El Portal, only to have a passerby stumble upon the car three hours away, in Tuolumne County, at a spot local residents use as a dumping ground for cars and large appliances. A third man, who has convictions for attempted murder and rape, and who grew up near where the charred car was found and now lives in Modesto, was arrested last week on charges that he shot an officer who tried to stop him for a routine traffic violation. Compounding the mystery, Carole Sunds wallet had been found on a street in downtown Modesto, California, three days after they had disappeared. He said the case was being designated ''a major case'' so that the authorities could bring as many resources as they needed to solve the crime. She had been in the water before that. Spots such as Taft Point, Nevada Fall and Half Dome have all seen deaths over the last few years, often when people were trying to capture the perfect photo without being fully aware of the dangers of their surroundings, the website reported. All articles are regularly reviewed and updated by the HISTORY.com team. Published on April 24, 2023 02:08 PM. We love California's parks just as much as you do, so we have a newsletter that covers them from top to bottom. Only the Grand Canyon had more. Riess was found conscious and alert; however, she was suffering from injuries related to exposure and required air transport (to) Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno, NV via Care Flight helicopter, the sheriffs office said in a statement. At the time the three disappeared, there was speculation that the women had been kidnapped for ransom, given Mrs. Sund's family wealth. The find was baffling, given its location, but the discovery of the third party lends some logic to a possible murder scenario. Authorities found one in her vehicle and the other at a convenience store in Stagecoach. A WOMAN went missing from a campsite in Utah in November 2020. Police and the FBI initially focused their investigation on Eugene Dykes, Michael Larwick, and a group of methamphetamine users in Northern California. Anyone with information is asked to contact the National Park Service. Then, on July 22, 1999, the decapitated body of Joie Armstrong, a twenty-six-year-old Yosemite naturalist was found near her cabin in Yosemites Foresta region. I am of the opinion that she fell by accident Breaks my heart.. Now he's retiring, Why the Pacific Ocean turned pink off an area of the Calif. coast, A trip down the most mysterious road in California, A woman was found dead in Yosemite. But it has also created a deeper, wider fear, especially among women, that no one is safe anywhere when an innocent weekend adventure for three can result in such a horror story. Steven Stayner was held for more than seven years by a sexual abuser, Kenneth Parnell. Riesss family says it is very uncharacteristic of her to leave the house with her dog, and to then leave it in the car, regardless of where she was going. As soon as I heard that, I knew they found her body, Horn says. The woman's cause of death has not been released. Xie was found dead at the base of Upper Yosemite Fall on Saturday, January 16. "Police can confirm that the missing woman has been found on Wednesday. Water flows down at Yosemite Falls, the highest waterfall in North America in the Sierra Nevada mountain range at Yosemite National Park on Mar. On Jan. 14, an unseasonably warm and clear Thursday in Yosemite National Park, Anna Horn went for a solo hike up Yosemite Falls. Petito's mother reported her daughter missing earlier this week after her daughter's boyfriend, Brian Laundrie, returned to the couple's Florida home in their shared van without Petito on September 1. Multiple people have gone missing in national parks across the country over the past week as authorities search for Gabby Petito, a 22-year-old woman who was last heard from while visiting Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. Steven Stayner died in a tragic motorcycle accident when he was twenty-four. But he added that Laundrie retaining an attorney suggests to him that police also might want to look within a 1-mile radius of Laundrie's parents' home for a body. Its just so tragic.. This is a carousel. Across the country, falls accounted for 245 deaths in national parks in the past decade. Anyone who has any information regarding the whereabouts of Nike Toni Riess is urged to contact the Lyon County Sheriffs Office at 775-463-6620 or by email at detective@lyon-county.org. The clock is ticking as law enforcement and family members search for Gabby Petito, a 22-year-old woman who disappeared during a monthslong cross-country road trip with her boyfriend. Stayner then drove Juli Sund to Lake Don Pedro, near Mocassin, California, where he slashed her neck. Also, its close to the city. The National Park Service said "Alice" Yu Xie was hiking to the Upper Yosemite Fall overlook when she went missing sometime during the day on Thursday, January 14 or on the morning of Friday, January 15. Changing the day will navigate the page to that given day in history. Juli Sunds body I passed her on the trail and we said hi, and I thanked her for letting me pass, Horn says. In a setting of beauty and grandeur, a twisted soul was on the loose, a murderer who revived gnawing fears that our national parks are no longer The National Park Service said "Alice" Yu Xie was hiking to the Upper Yosemite Fall overlook when she went missing last week. Missing Woman Found Alive Inside Sunken Jeep That a Fisherman Spotted on Texas Lake, Police Say The woman likely died "at least several weeks" ago, the LPD said. Residents and business people in towns near where the burned car was found say they spotted the three a day or even two after the last confirmed sighting, but investigators say that many of the sightings cannot possibly be true. All were young men. Sign up now to learn about This Day in History straight from your inbox. A view of Half Dome from Upper Yosemite Fall. Pictures of the wreck posted by the Marion county sheriff office show only the roof of the Jeep visible. The killer or killers could have dumped the one victim before arriving at the spot where the car was set on fire. We love California's parks just as much as you do, so we have a newsletter that covers them from top to bottom. 2023, A&E Television Networks, LLC. MARION COUNTY, Texas ( KLTV /Gray News) - Texas authorities said a woman was found alive inside a submerged Jeep Friday morning. This evening, the authorities said that the body found halfway between where the three women were last seen six weeks ago and where their charred rental car 9, 2023 at 5:33 PM PDT. According to NamUs (National Missing and Unidentified Persons System), more than 600,000 persons go missing in the United States every year. She told them she had last seen Xie at the top, and seemingly headed toward the bridge over Yosemite Creek, which leads to Yosemite Point. She is safely reunited All Rights Reserved. All rights reserved. What happened to Xie next isnt clear, and the Park Service has not revealed where her backpack was found. Articles with the HISTORY.com Editors byline have been written or edited by the HISTORY.com editors, including Amanda Onion, Missy Sullivan and Matt Mullen. God is working on this Good Friday, wrote one user, invoking the name for the day which is annually two days before Easter, when Christians commemorate Jesuss crucifixion. Western Cape police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Malcolm Pojie confirmed her safety to News24. "They're trying to stay as close as they can to the Grand Teton National Park. Find History on Facebook (Opens in a new window), Find History on Twitter (Opens in a new window), Find History on YouTube (Opens in a new window), Find History on Instagram (Opens in a new window), Find History on TikTok (Opens in a new window), Current one is: March 18. The National Park Service says "Alice" Yu Xie was reported missing on January 15 after she was planning to hike to the top of Yosemite Falls. Instead, the investigation focused on other employees at the Cedar Lodge as well as suspicious persons in the town of Modesto, where Carol Sunds wallet was found in the street several days after her disappearance. Cary Stayner later confessed to investigators that he entered the womens room on the premise that he needed to fix a water leak and then strangled Carol Sund and sexually assaulted the two teens. Goodness, 38, went missing after leaving her Gardens home. On the evening of February 15, 1999, Carol Sund of Eureka, California, along with her fifteen-year-old daughter Juli and their family friend Silvina Pelosso, from Argentina, were staying at the Cedar Lodge in the town of El Portal, California, near Yosemite. The Yosemite Horror. The authorities now assume that the other body found in the car, whose identity was close to being positively identified through DNA tests, is that of the third member of the trio, Silvina Pelosso, a family friend visiting from Argentina. Texas authorities say that they have found the body of Tiera Strand, a 25-year-old woman who has been missing since last Sunday. The woman had been reported missing since 5 April by the police department of Longview, Texas, according to a statement from the local Marion county sheriffs office that was posted to Facebook. They shouldn't bother. Then he actually fell. ''It's hard to sit and wait for the answers.''. Steven later died in a 1989 motorcycle accident. Horn lives close to the park and works as a bartender in the gateway town of Mariposa, allowing her to visit frequently. Published on April 24, 2023 02:08 PM. I was a wreck. Published: Apr. Authorities announced on Jan. 24 that Xies body had been discovered at the base of Upper Yosemite Fall. 6:40 P.M. UPDATE: Nike Riess has been found alive, the Lyon County Sheriffs Office reported. In 1991, Austrian rocket scientist Werner Beinstingl was trying to take a vertical photo down the cliff of the fall when he slipped. Last modified on Tue 29 Nov 2022 11.11 EST. Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, 2023 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. Discover our four plan options A human not a computer who writes true-crime, history and writing tips. Petito's parents accused Laundrie of leaving Petito "in the wilderness with grizzly bears and wolveswhile he sits in the comfort of his home.". Petito's family blasted Laundrie on Wednesday, urging him to cooperate with investigators and calling his silence "reprehensible." "Assuming it was hot, that person is going to get dehydrated," he added. HISTORY.com works with a wide range of writers and editors to create accurate and informative content. She is 5'0" tall, and weighs less than 100 pounds. It takes anywhere from six to 10 hours to complete a roundtrip, and the Yosemite Hikes site cautions the steep hike is the equivalent of taking the stairs up the Empire State Building twice. I didnt continue to Yosemite Point because I thought it would be icy and because I wanted to make it down in time for sunset.. Crews have been searching for the missing 30-year-old in a vast desert area around the town of Stagecoach using drones, dogs, helicopters, and Search and Rescue teams. Stayner had been on the other end of another high-profile crime years earlier. WebAngelica Gaitan went missing for two years before she was found alive floating in the sea by two baffled fishermen. Until last week, the only concrete clue as to what might have happened to the women was Mrs. Sund's wallet, found intact off a highway in Modesto, two hours from El Portal, four days after the trio disappeared. They shouldn't bother. Two men -- one a convicted sex offender and the other on parole after a domestic violence conviction -- who had been working at the Houtz Family Restaurant, where the women were last seen, have been in custody in the Mariposa County jail on unrelated charges, at the request of the F.B.I. Anyone with information is asked to call 209-372-0216 or 209-379-1992. Find History on Facebook (Opens in a new window), Find History on Twitter (Opens in a new window), Find History on YouTube (Opens in a new window), Find History on Instagram (Opens in a new window), Find History on TikTok (Opens in a new window), Current one is: March 19. Van Steenkiste did provide a sliver of hope, though, telling Insider that it wouldn't be unlikely for someone to be found alive after weeks missing in a national park if they had strong survival skills. LYON COUNTY, Nev. (KOLO) - 7:05 P.M. UPDATE: Nike Riess has been found alive, the Lyon County Sheriffs Office reported Wednesday. Falls accounted for 45 deaths at Yosemite. Police say the photos of her are dated, as she now has medium-length brown hair. Correction 9/20/2021: A previous version of this story missattributed quotes that were from Harvey Morse. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! He later killed Silvina Pelosso and put her body, along with Carol Sunds, in their rented Pontiac Gran Prix. Why the Pacific Ocean turned pink off an area of the Calif. coast, A trip down the most mysterious road in California. According to the results of a Freedom of Information Act submitted by Outforia, an outdoors website based in Oslo, Norway, Yosemite is the second-deadliest national park in the United States, with 126 deaths recorded from 2010 to 2020. According to the Yosemite Hikes website, the strenuous hike to the top of the falls is the equivalent of taking the stairs up the Empire State Building, twice. Theres nothing romantic about it.. SF tourists go in droves to In-N-Out. Young girls also disappear in the national parks. Stayner was tracked down and caught at a nudist colony in Northern California. All rights reserved. You won't make it unless you're in decent shape and you've brought enough food and liquid to carry you through a long, hard climb," the site says. Stay up to date with what you want to know. She is safely reunited with friends, he said. Now he's retiring. 9, 2023 at 5:33 PM PDT. She's been linked to a cult and a serial killer. The statistics for people that go missing in national parks across the US stands in the thousands. The mysterious disappearance of the three women had drawn national attention and landed them on the cover of People magazine. While the car and everything near it was burned, the roll of film found among other items strewn near the charred car, was intact. WebThe women, along with Sunds daughter Juli, had been missing since February when they were last seen alive at the Cedar Lodge near Yosemite National Park. They explode when they hit. The local woman was found on the north side of Roney Rock - a rocky shoreline in north Wexford. Petito's stepfather, James Schmidt, and a family friend left for Wyoming's Jackson Hole valley on Tuesday to search for the missing woman. You can navigate days by using left and right arrows. They also wanted to know what Xies mood was like, Horn says. 25, 2015. All articles are regularly reviewed and updated by the HISTORY.com team. But PI John Van Steenkiste also said someone with strong survival skills could survive. Copyright 2023 KFSN-TV. She was located near Stagecoach and was taken to a Reno helicopter by Care Flight, the sheriffs office said. The most informative, researched, and entertaining true crime stories on the internet.
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