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-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'
2021-08-22
[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

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

#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  

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

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

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

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

#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  

#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  

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

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