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An unsent text message and desperate phone calls detail California family's last moments before they died while hiking

Family selfies, nature photos, an unanswered text and several calls that were never connected detail the final hours of a California couple and their child before they died on a hiking trail near Yosemite last August.

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Family selfies, nature photos, an unanswered text and several calls that were never connected detail the final hours of a California couple and their child before they died on a hiking trail near Yosemite last August.

Highlights

  • Jonathan Gerrish, Ellen Chung and their 1-year-old daughter, Miju, died from hyperthermia.
  • Authorities were able to pull a text message from Gerrish’s phone at 11:56 a.m.
  • asking for help.
  • It was never received due to lack of cell service in the area.
  • Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office retrace the family’s last steps after several months of investigating with the FBI, the sheriff’s office says.