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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Alahna Kindred & Helena Vesty

The desperate last text from dying dad that failed to send because of poor signal

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 hyperthermia and dehydration while hiking in 38C temperatures.

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