I don’t have FB either, but saw some of what LadyL might be referring to. Try putting “Kat and her dog are missing” in google.Interested but no FB account to look. Please keep us posted if there is anything that you can safely relay here.
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they had three vehicles
Interested but no FB account to look. Please keep us posted if there is anything that you can safely relay here.
there's lots of info posted on Warren's (her husband) FB page for those interested ... an explanation of exactly what happened from one of the hikers David and Warren
Her blog was mostly nature and local events, no politics, no drama. Good thought though but I checked it out and it's pretty tame and she doesn't post a lot.Two thoughts:
1. She stopped close to the entrance of the hiking area. IMO, this means she was closer, rather than further, from her husband who was waiting in the car.
2. She was a well known blogger. I wonder if she may have blogged about something that someone took offense to?
Just brainstorming....
After reading about / listening to hundreds of reports over the years of hikers going missing after separating from their group, usually by stating their intention to "rest and catch up later," I simply cannot understand why ANYONE EVER agrees to this! It's ludicrous, IMO. This case, in particular, is egregious! With "friends" like that, she didn't need enemies! Kat was 68 and in such "poor health" that she "couldn't have strayed far due to poor health." Yet, her "friends" thought it was reasonable to abandon her in the Mexican desert in 90*F temperatures??? Continuing their hike without any inconvenience or change of plan was so extremely important that they couldn't wait with her, or, if necessary, cut the hike short??? I can't believe any "hiker" doesn't understand the dangers of leaving a companion alone in the wilderness. It defies common sense to the point I wonder if this was some kind of very weird "assisted suicide," or worse.
I don't know why hikers are routinely vanishing under even seemingly benign conditions, but it is a very well documented phenomenon. David Paulides, with his numerous books detailing MANY cases, is probably the best known, but others are documenting / publicizing it, too. Numerous cases are here on WS. MOO.
ETA: On top of everything else crazy about this story, she was in "DIABLO" Canyon, which is Spanish for "DEVIL." Many disappearances have occurred in places with names that refer to "devil," "satan," or similar.
Someone upthread mentioned googling “kay and her dog missing” and if you do you can find a great forum about the Baja California area. There’s a Kat thread w/a lot of local knowledge (people who know the area/terrain and the trail that Kat was on.) Lots of great info if you’re curious. I don’t think I can link it here bc also has FB posts from her husband.
There’s a post from April 20, 2019 on the Valle de San Quintin FB page in Spanish that explains that the authorities and SAR have not found a trace of Kat or her dog and have called off the search. Also they say that her husband placed a cross at the place she was last seen. They mention at the very end that Baja’s Attorney General’s Office (PGJE) is investigating the case. I can’t find anything else public thereafter.I don’t see any news updates. Anyone with Facebook see any updates per the links?