Today, Yuba City Police Department still has the investigation while the prosecution was left with the state Attorney General's office. She owned a store there, where two of the men came in to buy food. Updated: 1:41 PM MST March 2, 2023. The Yuba County Sheriff's Office says 44-year-old Christine Adams of Visalia was found with obvious physical trauma in a guest room at a residence in the 17000 block of Indiana Ranch Road around 8 . The turquoise and white 1969 Mercury Montego was located around a 2.5-hour drive from Chico, in the opposite direction from the route they would have been expected to drive home and way up in the mountains in the Plumas National Forest. Ronald Charles Trapp, 34, of Marysville, died around 9:35 a.m. Tuesday after being shot while driving a Honda Accord on Dunning Avenue, south of Hammonton-Smartville Road, in Linda, a news release . En 1978, un grupo de amigos con diferentes Los 5 de Yuba CIty, El Dyatlov Americano - Parte 2. He called to them for help, but they stopped talking and turned their headlights out. In 1978, a group of five friends disappeared after attending a college basketball game. This week on Loose Units, Four months after the disappearance of the Yuba County Five, the thaw came. Become a member of StrangeOutdoors for exclusive content, See the latest Exclusive members-only articles on StrangeOutdoors.com, Read more strange stories from California, Chris Sylvia (The disturbing Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) disappearances), The Yosemite National Park Sightseer Murders and the two faces of evil, The mysterious disappearance of James J. 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Well, that part is a little less clear. And they traveled for a very long time. It was impossible to tell just how long it had been there. For months and months, they searched for signs of Matthias. The five were going to see a UC Davis basketball game and come straight home. The five young men who made up the Yuba County Five, Gary Mathias, Bill Sterling, Jack Huett, Ted Weiher, and Jack Madruga, ranged in age from mid twenties to early thirties. They were often lovingly referred to as boys, despite being from 24 to 32 years of age. Not only were they stoked to spend a night out, they were also super excited to play in a basketball match themselves the very next day. NOTE: This is an update to my original report found here So while getting pictures together for the page on the Yuba County 5, I stumbled across a Reddit post that had been made 18 days ago. a mild heart attack. For most of them, their fate was to die in snow-capped mountains. Four of them would, in the warmer months, be found dead. After his return from Army service in Germany, he would fail to take his drugs and lapse into a disoriented psychosis that usually landed him in a Veterans Administration hospital. Despite finding evidence that Matthias was in the trailer with Weiher at some point, they never found Matthias. [6], In an area to the northwest of the trailer, roughly a quarter-mile (400m) from it, searchers found three Forest Service blankets and a rusted flashlight by the road. [9], It also seemed that Weiher had not been alone in the trailer, and that Mathias and possibly Huett had been there with him. The plan was for them to watch the game and then come back home to get a good nights rest before their own basketball game the next day. Photo via Pinterest. The Yuba County Five Case (Mathias Group) Background On February 24, 1978, a group of friends from Yuba City in California; Gary Dale Mathias, Jack Madruga, Jackie Huett, Theodore (Ted) Weiher, and William Sterling; set out on a trip to watch a basketball game. Jack had low I.Q. But there had been no apparent attempt to start a fire despite the freezing temperature on the mountain. If Mathias went for help, where was his body? Updated: 4:21 PM PDT April 11, 2022. Heavy forestry clothing, which could have kept the men warm, also remained where it had been stored. Police records showed he had become violent on occasion and was charged with assault twice. There was no sign of Mathias, aside from his tennis shoes, which had been left in the trailer. "They seen something at that game, at the parking lot," says Ted Weiher's sister-in-law. The internet is divided on whether it was an outside force, Matthias himself, or some sort of accident that led the Yuba County 5 to their deaths & disappearance. Basketball. Why was a common question for investigators and the relatives of the men, but no answers were forthcoming. [7] On March 3, the woman, who saw fliers that had been distributed with the men's pictures and information about the $1,215 ($5,000 in 2021 dollars),[8] reward the families had put up, told deputies that four of them had stopped at the store in a red pickup truck, two days after the disappearance. They decided to drive to Chico that night to cheer on the UC Davis basketball team in an away game against Chico State. Those kinds of mysteries still pervade the Yuba County Five case, as the men were known to follow patterns rather than deviate from them so drastically and right before a life-changing opportunity. [2][5], After that, Schons said at first, he recalled a pickup truck parking 20 feet (6m) behind him briefly, and then continuing on down the road. Some were able to work side jobs, while others couldnt. Police began to speculate that if Matthias had gone off his medication he might have gone on a psychotic break that led him to bring his somewhat docile friends there. [2][4], None of the men were seen alive again after that point. However, the discovery of the car raised more questions than it answered. Soon, police found two other corpsesthose of Sterling and Madruga4.5 miles away from Weiher's remains. It would have been a feat to walk all that way in the snow. This time the victim was a 14-year-old girl named Dawn Basom. There was nothing left of him but bones. Tickets from the UC Davis game were also there so it was clear they had at least made it to the game to cheer on the team. A man called Joseph Schons contacted the police after he heard about the disappearance to say he had seen the men between 11-12 pm on the Friday that the group disappeared. On Friday, February 24th, the five men drove about 50 miles north from Yuba to Chico to attend a college basketball game. In this week's episode, Emilie and Shannon discuss the unsettling and still unsolved case of the Could the "boys" from Yuba County have been targeted by a stranger? The boys had used Madrugas 1969 Mercury Montego to drive to the UC Davis game in Chico, California on February 24, 1978. His tennis sneakers were in the trailer and the cans seemed to have been opened by the kind of military issue P-38 can opener Matthias might have been familiar with, but there was no Matthias. When he went back outside to yell into the darkness, no one responded to the sound of his voice. It could not be determined how long those items had been there. How these five men came to be on an inhospitable mountain road more than 50 miles from their homes in and around Marysville and Yuba City, California, was just one of the mysteries surrounding. This is a Mopac Audio podcast and is hosted by writer, producer, and podcaster Shannon McGarvey. As for getting a real answer in the case, we may never know unless someone talks or, maybe, Mathais is found. Ted Weiher was employed for a while as a janitor and snack bar clerk but quit at the urging of his family, who thought Weiher's slowness was causing problems. They found no sign of them, but a few days later, a Plumas National Forest ranger told investigators that he had seen the Montego parked along Oroville-Quincy Road in the forest on February 25. About five miles from Weihers remains, the remains of Sterling & Marduga were found. 1971 Press Photo Bridgeport Covered Bridge S Yuba River Nevada County CA. [5], The woman said she immediately realized that the men were not from the area because of their "big eyes and facial expressions". Posted on February 22, 2022 by . This could explain the strange story told by Joseph Schons where he said he saw flashlights around a car. 1978 deaths and disappearances in California, Image of Mathias around the time of his disappearance, distributed to help find him, "Mystery of 5 Men Lost in Sierra Deepens", "Missing 5: Foul Play suspected: 5 May Have Met Foul Play", "Cold case: Why did 5 Northern California men disappear in 1978? In her free time, Bianca enjoys stabilizing dangling modifiers and walking her cat. He could have survived there, but only a couple cans had been opened. . [6], It is assumed that once they found the trailer, the other three broke the window to enter. In this episode, Zack tells us about a very creepy one that is available on Netflix. While scientists today believe that it was likely an avalanche that killed the hikers, others are not quite sure. Sterling's father had once taken his son to the area near where the car was found for a fishing weekend, but the younger man had not enjoyed it and remained at home when his father took later trips there. The photos on the slideshow above were taken on June 28, 2014. The junk food had been consumed, save for one half of a candy bar. As mentioned before, they were homebodies. [6], Two days later, as part of one of the other search parties, Jack Huett's father found his son's backbone[2] under a manzanita bush[6] 2 miles (3.2km) northeast of the trailer. Sullivan Ranch Crime Scene. This week we cover the bizarre case of the Yuba County Five. "Oh, Grandma, I won't need a coat," Ted said. Shones eventually decided hed have to help himself and hike down the snowy road until he got help. This case is bizarre as hell, Yuba County undersheriff Jack Beecham told reporters. Mobile:07904191715 Office Number:020 37124640 Email:smax3ddesignstudio@gmail.com. It was suggesting someone create a video on the Yuba County 5 based on some new information. What puzzled them most was how Weiher was found emaciated, despite the fact that the trailer been stocked with plenty of canned and dried food and a can opener. but hadnt been diagnosed as mentally disabled and both he and Gary had served in the U.S. Army and had drivers licenses. This witness told police that he had seen and heard people around the car that night, and twice called for help, only for them to grow silent and turn off their flashlights. Four of the Yuba County Five tragically died in the forest. His mother and stepfather, Ida and Robert Klopf, finally reached him on the phone weeks later and pleaded with him to come back to Yuba County. Posted on December 5, 2021. His feet were badly frostbitten,[2] almost gangrenous. Don't you let me oversleep". We know he was in the trailer where he left his shoes, and it's assumed he took Weiher's, which would have fit his frostbitten feet a bit better, but his remains have not been found after 47 years. Candy wrappers, milk cartons and basketball programs were in the car but maps were left in the glove compartment. The area in which the incident took place was named Dyatlov Pass in honor of the group's leader, Igor Dyatlov. The store owner corroborated her account. Joe Shones, age 55, was having car trouble and a mild heart attack. Jake Paul vs. Tommy Fury: Who made the most money from their fight? Did Prince Andrew fly on Jeffrey Epsteins plane Lolita Express? Inside the trailer, he found the body of Ted Weiher. The case has been called the Mathias Group Incident, the Yuba City Five Case and the American Dyatlov Pass incident. Also known as America's Dyatlov Pass, this missing persons case is incredibly bizarre and cr. If police and the families of the men were expecting closure from the discovery of their bodies, they werent about to get it. The boys parents alerted the authorities after confirming none of them made it home. Did they somehow leave the car and lose the keys. The last time any of these people were seen was at a college basketball game at California State University. Find us on Elle Crime and Mo Tibbs comin' in hot with another unsolved crime. They found a body tucked into a bed, draped in sheets from head to toe. Similarly, another shed nearby held a butane tank with a valve that, had it been opened, would have fed the trailer's heating system. Today, we're covering the true crime story of the Yuba County 5. One of them made a phone call from a nearby phone booth, and the other two stayed in the truck. Madruga, who owned the Mercury, drove his four friends to a collegiate basketball game at the California State University, Chico. This proved to be the last time any of them were seen . But instead of driving south toward their homes roughly 50 miles away, they inexplicably drove east. Five men went to a basketball game in Chico, California to watch their favorite college basketball team play. Some of them even laid out their uniforms for the team and asked their parents to make sure they woke up on time for the game. The next day, their car was Five men from Yuba City, California, disappeared in 1978 after a trip to a nearby town. There was no sign of the men and no indication of why they had abandoned their operable car. They had set out on what should've been a quick road trip to watch their favorite basketball team in a neighboring town. The route home wasnt a difficult one, and since the map police also found inside of the Mercury Montego was neatly folded up, they didnt seem to have been lost. Most likely, Madruga and Sterling died of hypothermia about halfway through the long walk to the trailer. If authorities couldnt make any sense of how the group's day had ended on February 24, they at least had some idea of how it began. CAUTION, CRIME SCENE PHOTOS! There was a half moon that night, a winter moon in a cloudless sky. Later, he saw more lights from behind him, this time flashlights, that also went out when he called to them. [5], Inside the car was evidence suggesting the men had been inside it between when they were last seen and when it was abandoned. They left after it finished and then somehow drove up a mountain into the wilderness and were never seen alive again. The trailer was 19 miles away from the car. [2] For whatever reason, the men had left the Montego; they had, instead of going back down the road (where they had passed the lodge that Schons later returned to), continued along the road in the direction they were originally going. True crime memes: Your strange obsession in a nutshell, 'The Kalief Browder Story': Most insane true-crime show ever. The keys to the vehicle were gone. The Davidson County Sheriff's Office has released photos of the Corbett home taken the night Jason Corbett was bludgeoned to death in his bedroom. Curious, they went inside. He felt fine, especially for 55, and he'd decided that day to venture up a lonely road through the Plumas National Forest, close to Rogers Cow Camp . All were fervent basketball fans, and even had a game of their own scheduled for the following day, playing on a team representing the rehabilitation center they all frequented. Hoping he could flag down the passerby, he exited his vehicle and began screaming for help. Later, he saw what he believed were flashlights. vanished while driving home from a basketball game. (No, thats not a typo. The five were on a team for the mentally handicapped called the Gateway Gators, who were set to participate in a week-long tournament sponsored by the Special Olympics. Why do that unless something more frightening was right behind them? Deputies think that one of them may have given in to the need to sleep that comes with the last stages of hypothermia, while the other stayed by his side and died the same way. ", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yuba_County_Five&oldid=1142230284, February 1978 events in the United States, Short description is different from Wikidata, All Wikipedia articles written in American English, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Disappearance in unusual incident where four of his traveling companions died, This page was last edited on 1 March 2023, at 06:22.
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