A newly obtained report from the investigation into the August deaths of two former Bay Area residents, their infant and their dog suggests a likely sequence of events. And it's beyond tragic.
Skip to main content So tragic : Hiker may have been the last person to see Alice Yu Xie alive in Yosemite
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A photo of Yosemite Falls on Jan. 14, the day Alice Yu Xie hiked to the top and fell from a cliff.Courtesy of Anna Horn
On Jan. 14, an unseasonably warm and clear Thursday in Yosemite National Park, Anna Horn went for a solo hike up Yosemite Falls. Horn lives close to the park and works as a bartender in the gateway town of Mariposa, allowing her to visit frequently.
Partway up the steep climb to the top of the tallest waterfall in North America, she encountered another solo hiker, a middle-aged Asian woman with a green backpack.
Missing woman found dead at base of Upper Yosemite Fall [SFGate, San Francisco]
Jan. 24 A woman reported missing on Jan. 15 was found dead the next day, Yosemite Park officials announced Friday. 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.
“Alice” Yu Xie, 41, traveled from Mariposa to Yosemite on a YARTS bus on Jan. 14. Either that day or the next morning, she left for a hike to the top of Yosemite Falls, authorities said. 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.
Missing woman found dead at base of Upper Yosemite Fall
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Water flows down at Yosemite Falls, the highest waterfall in North America in the Sierra Nevada mountain range at Yosemite National Park on Mar. 25, 2015. Alice Yu Xie was reported missing after a hike to the Upper Yosemite Falls overlook.FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty ImagesShow MoreShow Less
2of3 Alice Yu Xie was reported missing after a hike to Yosemite Falls last week, authorities said.Courtesy of Yosemite National ParkShow MoreShow Less
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A woman reported missing on Jan. 15 was found dead the next day, Yosemite Park officials announced Friday. 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.