The desperate last message a dad sent before dying alongside his family in suffocating temperatures has been revealed - but tragically it never went through.
Jonathan Gerrish, 45, wife Ellen Chung, 31, their one-year-old daughter Muji, and the family's dog, Oski, were all found dead in the Sierra National Forest in California on August 17, 2021.
A police investigation into the mysterious deaths lasted months, but ultimately concluded that they died from hypothermia and dehydration while hiking in 38C temperatures.
Now, the Mariposa County Sheriff's Office has released the devastating messages the software engineer had tried to send out before dying, the Mirror reports. READ MORE The final message read: "[Name redacted] can you help us.
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