San Diego police believe they have found the body of a 50-year-old woman who went missing on Sunday while hiking on Black Mountain amid the region’s first…
The department held a news conference Monday to announce a body was found that matched the description of missing hiker Diem Le Nguyen San Diego police believe they have found the body of a 50-year-old woman who went missing on Sunday while hiking on Black Mountain amid the region's first heat wave of the summer.
Investigators said Nguyen started the hike with a group of 100 hikers participating in a 5K fundraiser for the Build a School Foundation. When the group stopped halfway up around 8 a.m., Nguyen went ahead and finished the trail alone, SDPD said.At 9:30 a.m., she contacted the group, telling them she had reached the end of the trail. Then at 10:08 a.m., Nguyen contacted her sister to say she was tired and needed water.
, with an excessive heat watch in effect for the mountains until 8 p.m. on Sunday. The trail is listed on the hiking app AllTrails as an about 4 miles out-and-back trail near Poway. It's moderately challenging with about 850-foot elevation gain.Update #1 - Missing Person At Risk - Diem Nguyen On Monday, the search continued and officials asked the public to stay away from the area to not confuse the search dogs by adding more scents.
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