Yosemite National Park and its 748,000 acres of land and 750 miles of hiking trails is shrouded in mystery, with well over 1,300 people who have died within the park boundaries since 1890 and more than 30 missing persons cases from 2003 to 2023.
In this week's episode we share the stories of three individuals who vanished without a trace
Kieran Burke
SOURCES:
https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/54202?nav
https://www.missing.ie/missing_persons/kieran-burke-dublin-us/
https://charleyproject.org/case/kieran-m-burke
https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/4604dmca.html
Ruthanne "Ruth" Ruppert
SOURCES:
https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/54198?nav
https://charleyproject.org/case/ruthanne-ruppert
https://www.recordnet.com/story/news/2000/09/19/hope-dwindles-for-finding-yosemite/50799871007/
https://www.sfgate.com/california-parks/article/These-13-people-went-missing-in-Yosemite-16629374.php
Timothy "Tim" Barnes
SOURCES:
https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/28821?nav
https://charleyproject.org/case/timothy-john-barneshttps://www.thetravel.com/yosemite-national-park-missing-persons/
https://oag.ca.gov/missing/person/timothy-john-barnes
https://www.clmrg.org/taluspile/tp%20079.pdf
NATIONAL PARK DEATH AND MISSING PERSONS SOURCES:
https://npshistory.com/morningreport/incidents/yose.htm
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