The most informative, researched, and entertaining true crime stories on the internet. 9, 2023 at 5:33 PM PDT. 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. Exclusive shows & extensions. Missing woman found alive; taken to Reno by Care Flight, Yosemite National Park temporarily closing, Suspect chased from Reno to Truckee had 60-mile Calif. chase in stolen truck, Westbound I-80 reopens after fatal wrong-way crash near Fernley, Public may hear sirens and loudspeaker chatter during Air Guard training at Reno airport, Restaurant Fire Closes Fernley Main Street, Man killed after being hit by train in Elko. (LCSO) 6:40 P.M. UPDATE: Nike Riess has been found alive, the Lyon County Sheriffs Office reported. Her condition was not immediately available. His younger brother, Steven, was abducted in Merced when Cary was eleven years old. She seemed happy that day to me, Horn wrote in a Facebook post. He had one of Yosemite's most unusual jobs. Xie was found dead at the base of Upper Yosemite Fall on Saturday, January 16. She was located near Stagecoach and was taken to a Reno helicopter by Care Flight, the sheriffs office said. But on Jan. 16, Horn says her roommate hiked up Yosemite Falls and saw search-and-rescue flags along the side of the falls that Horn believes were likely evidence markers. All rights reserved. Glad the fisherman saw it. At a news conference this evening in Sonora, the Tuolumne County seat, James Maddock, the F.B.I. Stay up to date with what you want to know. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! Most, but not all, got wet, Ghiglieri says. 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 Fall overlook on Jan. 14 or the morning of Jan. 15, 2021 She traveled to Yosemite from Mariposa on the YARTS bus on Jan. 14. The post instructed anyone who had taken the trail to the top of Yosemite Falls on Jan. 14 or 15 to call the Yosemite Emergency Communications Center. 4:45 P.M. UPDATE: Nike Toni Riess was last seen late Monday in the Stagecoach area saying she was looking for a missing dog, the Lyon County Sheriffs Office said Wednesday afternoon. Anyone with information is asked to call 209-372-0216 or 209-379-1992. missing She is safely reunited with friends," said Western Cape police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Malcolm Pojie. A 41-year-old woman who went missing during a hike at Yosemite National Park in mid-January was found dead last week at the base of a waterfall, the National 6:40 P.M. UPDATE: Nike Riess has been found alive, the Lyon County Sheriffs Office reported. Search and Rescue crews discovered her dog and some of her personal belongings inside the car. 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. A local fisher rescues a woman in Marion county, Texas. Local paramedics treated the woman at the scene before she was taken to an area hospital for further treatment in unknown condition. Published on April 24, 2023 02:08 PM. Missing Photo: Tiera Strand/Facebook. Now he's retiring. She had been in the water before that. The women's disappearance touched off the most intensive missing-persons search in recent memory, involving six law-enforcement agencies, and their fate has sparked fear among residents of the small, quaint towns in the Sierra Nevada foothills, where the bodies were found, that a killer or killers are among them. Xie was found dead at the base of Upper Yosemite Fall on Saturday, January 16. 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. 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. 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 A photo of Yosemite Falls on Jan. 14, the day "Alice" Yu Xie hiked to the top and fell from a cliff. 30-year-old Nike Antonia Riess was reported missing on Tuesday. Juli Sunds body was found thirty miles away a week after the car was found. 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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. 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. 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I am pretty sure I was the last person to interact with her, Horn says. The National Park Service said "Alice" Yu Xie was hiking to the Upper Yosemite Fall overlook when she went missing last week. You can navigate days by using left and right arrows. According to NamUs (National Missing and Unidentified Persons System), more than 600,000 persons go missing in the United States every year. Out of a total of about 1,200 deaths since the parks establishment in 1890, 53 have involved incidents with waterfalls, Ghiglieri says. That's the closest place I think they can find, so that they can spend as much time as possible looking for Gabby," Schmidt and the Petito family's lawyer Richard Stafford told Insider's Natalie Musumeci. Foul play is not suspected. The local woman was found on the north side of Roney Rock - a rocky shoreline in north Wexford. The find was baffling, given its location, but the discovery of the third party lends some logic to a possible murder scenario. She was last seen and/or heard from on Monday evening. After seeing the post, Horn called right away. We strive for accuracy and fairness. Published: Apr. The discovery of her body led investigators to Cary Stayner, a thirty-seven-year-old man who worked at the Cedar Lodge motel, where the Sunds were last seen. MARION COUNTY, Texas ( KLTV /Gray News) - Texas authorities said a woman was found alive inside a submerged The whole thing really messed with my head.. In agreement with that assessment is Jason Torlano, a former search-and-rescue employee in Yosemite who was born and raised near the park. 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. Police say Petito's last known location is believed to be in the state's Grand Teton National Park. Famed Ultramarathon Runner Found dead in All Rights Reserved. Since the last known sightings of Johnsen-Hughes, her sleeping bag and campsite were found abandoned. Some lost their lives after attempting to swim above the falls, others inadvertently ended up in the water or were posing for photographs when they fell. Two other people who disappeared in Yosemite National Park remain missing persons. 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. It is not clear why she was listed missing for a week when park officials now say she was discovered deceased the day after her disappearance. A human not a computer who writes true-crime, history and writing tips. MU Plus+ Podcasts. Police investigating early morning homicide in Porterville, Child among 5 killed by drunk gunman still on loose: TX police, 1 missing, 2 rescued after getting swept away in Kaweah River. Goodness, 38, went missing after leaving her Gardens home. SF tourists go in droves to In-N-Out. He had one of Yosemite's most unusual jobs. All Rights Reserved. According to family, Hughes had not been in touch since June 26, 2020. On March 25, after receiving an anonymous tip (which Stayner later confessed to sending), police located Juli Sunds decomposed body in an isolated location less than an hour away from the rental car. Her cause of death has not been released. He cited dangerous terrain, starvation, and extreme weather as possible threats. Correction 9/20/2021: A previous version of this story missattributed quotes that were from Harvey Morse. A religious group is strangling access to Calif.'s most beautiful waterfalls. The hike to Yosemite Falls is popular but very challenging. Sign up here. They were last seen alive, according to the authorities, on the night of Feb. 15, when they left the restaurant adjacent to the Cedar Lodge in El Portal, a remote outpost at the western entrance to the park. Riess is described as being 56 with blue eyes and brown hair. While Jens Sund, Mrs. Sund's husband, went into seclusion about two weeks ago in Eureka, with the couple's three other children, Francis and Carole Carrington, Mrs. Sund's parents, and Raquel and Jose Pelosso, from Cordoba, Argentina, have remained in Modesto to answer questions from the press and keep the case prominent until it is solved, they say. They explode when they hit. The drop from the top of the waterfall to the base is approximately 1,400 feet, according to a video on the parks website. 3 A woman reported missing on Jan. 15 was found dead the next day, Yosemite Park officials announced Friday. A religious group is strangling access to Calif.'s most beautiful waterfalls. I passed her on the trail and we said hi, and I thanked her for letting me pass, Horn says. A little closer to the edge of that mountain. 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. Missing The local woman was found on the north side of Roney Rock - a rocky shoreline in north Wexford. 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. Local authorities arrived to the scene with a recovery crew and managed to pull the Jeep out. missing The Yosemite Horror - Outside Online 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 Stayner was tracked down and caught at a nudist colony in Northern California. By clicking Sign up, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider Then when I was about to leave at the top, I saw her come up. Careflight helped with the search Tuesday night, while the Washoe County Sheriffs Offices Raven 2 helicopter is searching the area Wednesday. Anyone can read what you share. Since returning home without Petito, Laundrie has retained a lawyer and has not cooperated with investigators. In 1991, Austrian rocket scientist Werner Beinstingl was trying to take a vertical photo down the cliff of the fall when he slipped. Cape Town central community policing forum chairperson Marc Truss said Goodness had been found unharmed. During his trial, Stayners lawyers argued he suffered from mental illness, childhood sexual abuse, and the trauma of his brothers kidnapping. ''It's hard to sit and wait for the answers.''. 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. Three women are murdered at Yosemite - History Police investigating early morning homicide in Porterville, Child among 5 killed by drunk gunman still on loose: TX police, 1 missing, 2 rescued after getting swept away in Kaweah River. Compounding the mystery, Carole Sunds wallet had been found on a street in downtown Modesto, California, three days after they had disappeared. The sheriffs office released new information in the search for Riess. NBC Universal, Inc. A California woman who disappeared while vacationing in South Florida has been found alive, Miami Police officials said Thursday. 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. While the car and everything near it was burned, the roll of film found among other items strewn near the charred car, was intact. Stayner pled guilty to the Armstrong murder in 2001. Woman All articles are regularly reviewed and updated by the HISTORY.com team. They want to get a little closer to that river. I was a wreck. According to Marc Truss, chairperson of Cape Towns central community policing forum, Goodness was discovered I think one of the reasons Yosemite has a lot of rescues and a lot of people getting hurt is that its a really visited park, Torlano says. Katie Dowd is the SFGATE managing editor. Neighbors say that in recent days investigators have questioned them about the man and the Sund-Pelosso case. LYON COUNTY, Nev. (KOLO) - 7:05 P.M. UPDATE: Nike Riess has been found alive, the Lyon County Sheriffs Office reported Wednesday. Only the Grand Canyon had more. Copyright 2023 KOLO. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate. Missing 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 But while police were removing the car from the water, authorities noticed someone was inside and moving. 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. She is safely reunited with friends, he said. What these people have in common, Ghiglieri says, in addition to being relatively young and male, is a lack of recognition of the danger inherent in visiting the top of a waterfall. Petito's stepfather, James Schmidt, and a family friend left for Wyoming's Jackson Hole valley on Tuesday to search for the missing woman. hot line over the last week. Several people have gone missing in national parks A woman who went on a cross-country road trip in a van with her boyfriend is missing after her parents told police they hadn't heard from her in two weeks. Missing woman found alive Top editors give you the stories you want delivered right to your inbox each weekday. 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. Hiker who went missing at Yosemite National Park found A mom who vanished after her family claims she was assaulted Woman ''Somebody knows the whole story and we want it out,'' Mr. Carrington said today. What happened to Xie next isnt clear, and the Park Service has not revealed where her backpack was found. Missing Woman Found Dead Inside Car at N.C. Dealership Sign up for notifications from Insider! Park officials say she was a 41-year-old who went to Yosemite from Mariposa on the YARTS bus. She is safely reunited with friends, he said. Her family was heading to the hospital to be reunited with her. A woman was found dead in Yosemite. Some committed suicide. Petito's family blasted Laundrie on Wednesday, urging him to cooperate with investigators and calling his silence "reprehensible." Changing the day will navigate the page to that given day in history. Its just so tragic.. She was reported overdue on Jan. 15 and the National Park Service put out an alert for her on Jan. 16; later that day, searchers found her body at the base of Upper Yosemite Fall. A private investigator told Insider the chance of finding a missing person alive after 2 weeks in the wild is "minimal." In the initial conversation, authorities asked Horn about Xies appearance, clothing and location. Later that day, in a surprising confession to FBI agent Jeff Rinek, Stayner admitted to killing the Sunds, Pelosso and Armstrong. Hiker may have been the last person to see Alice Yu Xie The 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. All were young men. 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. Goodness, 38, went missing after leaving her Gardens home. Officials say she was also carrying a small green backpack. 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. Commenters took to social media to share how incredible the rescue was. 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. 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. Witnesses who saw her at the crash scene said she refused help.

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