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2021-08-22 -Lurid Crime Tales-
Algae Kills: Deaths of Google engineer husband, wife and baby found dead with dog on California hike are being treated as a HOMICIDE: Cops refocus investigation after initially treating the scene as a 'hazmat situation'
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Jonathan Gerrish, wife Ellen Chung, their one-year-old daughter Muji and the family dog were found dead on Tuesday a day after being reported missing

  • Police are now investigating the deaths as a homicide after initially treating the scene as a hazmat scene until Wednesday

  • Authorities are awaiting the results of the autopsy and toxicology reports

  • The family were discovered Tuesday in Devil's Gulch, Sierra National Forest

  • Police were exploring the possibility that they were poisoned by algae or gasses from mines but could not find any disused shafts in the vicinity

  • Forest officials last month warned about 'extremely dangerous' algae blooms
Posted by Skidmark 2021-08-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11154 views ]  Top

#1 I'm leaning toward the carbon dioxide belch theory.
Posted by Skidmark 2021-08-22 06:06||   2021-08-22 06:06|| Front Page Top

#2 ^ Yep, although Devil's Gulch is near the bay area
Invisible CO2 Gas Killing Trees at Mammoth Mountain, California
Posted by Frank G 2021-08-22 07:33||   2021-08-22 07:33|| Front Page Top

#3 Radon gas emissions known to precede earthquakes

Wait for the autopsy report from the dog's remains, which have been report to be taking place.
Posted by Whusong Ebbing3280 2021-08-22 08:05||   2021-08-22 08:05|| Front Page Top

#4 I'd be checking for dead field mice, etc in the area.
Posted by ed in texas 2021-08-22 13:22||   2021-08-22 13:22|| Front Page Top

#5 Interesting place name.
Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2021-08-22 13:36||   2021-08-22 13:36|| Front Page Top

#6 /\ CO2 is killing trees?--Thought trees loved CO2.
Posted by JohnQC 2021-08-22 16:57||   2021-08-22 16:57|| Front Page Top

#7 under certain levels
Posted by Frank G 2021-08-22 17:26||   2021-08-22 17:26|| Front Page Top

#8 With your volcanic gases, you also get some sulfur dioxide, and hydrogen sulfide. Plants don't care for that stuff.
Posted by SteveS 2021-08-22 18:26||   2021-08-22 18:26|| Front Page Top

#9 Maybe rename area to ‘Devil’s Belch’.
Posted by Shiva Protector of the Hohlraums 2021-08-22 19:35||   2021-08-22 19:35|| Front Page Top

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