A 25 year-old male was reported missing five days after walking out of camp with minimal clothing and no shoes.
The day before, CHP h-20 flew over the area. On May 4, 2008, El Dorado Search and Rescue members were called out for a search. Initial ground and K9 teams were taken by Deputy Crawford to the campsite (place last seen) who then fanned out towards the South Fork of the American River.
This map shows starting point, a few hundred yards south of the PLS, as beaconed by a SPOT Satellite messenger, carried by a searcher
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Initial clues near campsite were found and some possible sightings were reported. Rattlesnakes and poison oak were in abundance as were reports of recent cougar sightings and fresh bear scat.
Early in the afternoon a ground search team located the subject, deceased; a possible suicide.
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