Phone data shows California family made numerous calls for help on fatal hike (msn.com) Authorities have released new phone data, including unsent text messages pleading for help, in the case of the young California family killed by extreme heat during a hike in a remote area of the Sierra Nevada mountains last August. The new details surrounding the deaths of 45-year-old Jonathan Gerrish, his 35-year-old wife Ellen Chung, their one-year old daughter Aurelia “Miju” Chung-Gerrish and their dog Oski, were released on Thursday by the Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office, included family photos taken during the hike, text message and phone call attempts, and GPS locations. Ad The information sheds light on the family’s final hours on the trail, including that the couple attempted at least six phone calls and messages by 12.36pm. None went through because of poor cellular reception in the remote area. In one ultimately unsent message, Gerrish wrote: “[Name redacted], can you help us. On savage lundy trail heading back to Hites cove trail. No water [over] heating with baby.” Law enforcement officials announced last October that the family was killed by hyperthermia and a lack of water. “Using the information extracted from the phone we were able to re-create the path and timeline based on the GPS locations. The details found on the phone support the findings of a heat related incident,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement on Thursday. According to authorities, at 7:44am on 15 August, the couple took a photo and video just a few yards from the trail head. The couple then took a photo of the trail fifteen minutes later. Authorities found a photo of the Merced River taken an hour later at 9:05am. Related: The tragic missteps that killed a young California family on a hike An additional ten photos were found on Gerrish’s phone that were taken between 9:35am and 10:16am which featured the river, the couple and selfie-style family photos. The last picture found on the phone was taken at 12:25pm and was a screenshot of the couple’s location from AllTrails, a hiking trail app. According to earlier police reports, a US Forest Service volunteer who hiked the nearly eight-mile loop over a dozen times told authorities that the family appeared “completely unaware of the dangers”. Records revealed that the couple only carried a sippy cup and a backpack with a 2.5-liter reservoir for water. “If you are hiking in triple degree temperatures you will need at least a liter of water for every hour you plan to be out,” Wesley Trimble, a communications and creative director with the American Hiking Society, previously told the Guardian. On the day of the family’s hike, the temperatures were in the high 70s during the morning and then quickly rose to 109 in the afternoon while they were on the trail. When officials found the family’s bodies on 17 August, the sheriff’s department described the case as an “unusual, unique situation” due to the absence of evident signs of death. In the months that followed, authorities considered but ultimately ruled out various causes of death, including carbon monoxide poisoning, exposure to gas from surrounding mines, a lightning strike, suicide and drugs. In Thursday’s statement, Sheriff Jeremy Briese said, “The cell phone data results were the last thing both the family and detectives were waiting on. The extracted information confirms our initial findings. I am very proud of my team and our partner agencies for all the work they put in. Their dedication has allowed us to close this case and answer lingering questions the family had, bringing them a little peace.”
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The information sheds light on the family’s final hours on the trail, including that the couple attempted at least six phone calls and messages by 12.36pm. None went through because of poor cellular reception in the remote area. In one ultimately unsent message, Gerrish wrote: “[Name redacted], can you help us. On savage lundy trail heading back to Hites cove trail. No water [over] heating with baby.” Law enforcement officials announced last October that the family was killed by hyperthermia and a lack of water. “Using the information extracted from the phone we were able to re-create the path and timeline based on the GPS locations. The details found on the phone support the findings of a heat related incident,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement on Thursday. According to authorities, at 7:44am on 15 August, the couple took a photo and video just a few yards from the trail head. The couple then took a photo of the trail fifteen minutes later. Authorities found a photo of the Merced River taken an hour later at 9:05am. Related: The tragic missteps that killed a young California family on a hike An additional ten photos were found on Gerrish’s phone that were taken between 9:35am and 10:16am which featured the river, the couple and selfie-style family photos. The last picture found on the phone was taken at 12:25pm and was a screenshot of the couple’s location from AllTrails, a hiking trail app. According to earlier police reports, a US Forest Service volunteer who hiked the nearly eight-mile loop over a dozen times told authorities that the family appeared “completely unaware of the dangers”. Records revealed that the couple only carried a sippy cup and a backpack with a 2.5-liter reservoir for water. “If you are hiking in triple degree temperatures you will need at least a liter of water for every hour you plan to be out,” Wesley Trimble, a communications and creative director with the American Hiking Society, previously told the Guardian. On the day of the family’s hike, the temperatures were in the high 70s during the morning and then quickly rose to 109 in the afternoon while they were on the trail. When officials found the family’s bodies on 17 August, the sheriff’s department described the case as an “unusual, unique situation” due to the absence of evident signs of death. In the months that followed, authorities considered but ultimately ruled out various causes of death, including carbon monoxide poisoning, exposure to gas from surrounding mines, a lightning strike, suicide and drugs. In Thursday’s statement, Sheriff Jeremy Briese said, “The cell phone data results were the last thing both the family and detectives were waiting on. The extracted information confirms our initial findings. I am very proud of my team and our partner agencies for all the work they put in. Their dedication has allowed us to close this case and answer lingering questions the family had, bringing them a little peace.”
手机基站太少
不奇怪， 和每年都有人被冻死一样，在空调温室环境下长大的人们对户外的炽热或者寒冷还是缺乏敬畏心的， 比如说前几年冻死的那个大学生，就是想只穿着毛衣从宿舍走到图书管而已。
哪个新闻啊？从宿舍走到图书馆就冻死了？
好像是明尼苏达那个冷疙瘩的新闻，零下二十度的温度？当时华人上也稍微讨论了一下热身体遇到骤冷的危害。 今年也有因为高速公路堵车，徒步走回家冻死的中年壮实的男人。这个是穿的足够多，但要走8迈，实在是太难了吧。冻死在离开家快两迈的地方。
对大自然不够敬畏。
狗体温比人高，我感觉比人更不耐热。夏天我曾经出去hike很短的路程，我们人还没什么感觉呢，我们家金毛就中暑倒下了。需要大量在身上淋水才醒过来。