Who Are John Gerrish and Ellen Chung? The Mariposa Family Death Reddit Theories Discussed

Who Are John Gerrish and Ellen Chung? Find out all the important details on the family who mysteriously passed away in a forest in August.

John Gerrish and Ellen Chung is the couple whose mysterious death has stormed off the news as wells the internet.

On August 16, the couple and their family including a daughter and a dog went missing and on the very next day, all four of them were found dead in the Sierra National Forest.

The mysterious death of the beautiful family hit the news and everyone could not stop wondering about their deaths.

As of October 21, the investigating team and police have released a formal statement behind their deaths.

Who Are John Gerrish and Ellen Chung?

John Gerrish and Ellen Chung was a couple who set out for a family hike and lost their lives in the midway.

Gerrish is reported to be a software engineer having worked for Snapchat while Chung was in graduate school. She aimed at being a family and marriage therapist.

The duo also had a 1-year-old daughter, Miju, and an 8-year-old dog, Oski. The Gerrish-Chung family was sure a fun, adventurous, and modern family who were looking for fun in life.

The family had relocated to Mariposa from San Francisco fr greater remote work opportunities.

Meanwhile, further details into their personal lives are still under review.

Reddit Theories On Death Cause

John Gerrish, Ellen Chung, and their family’s death cause started a while stirrup on many sites on the internet including Reddit.

Many netizens believed that the whole family was murdered in the middle of the forest while some believed that it was due to supernatural reasons.

While the police were still investigating the case, the public was busy putting up their wild theories on the web.

Even so, the mysterious death of a whole family in the middle of the forest is still shocking and glaring matter.

John, Ellen, Miju, and Oski had been found discovered dead in the Devil’s Gulch section of the Hites Cove Trail on August 17.

Know The Real Reason Behind Their Death

John Gerrish, Ellen Chung, their daughter Miju, and their dog, Oski’s real reason behind their death has been concluded by the police.

The Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that John, Ellen, and their 1-year-old daughter Miju died of hyperthermia and probable dehydration, per People.

Likewise, their 8-year-old dog Oski also suffered a heat-related death, police said in a press conference as of September 21.

The case has been cited as the first case of hyperthermia death in Mariposa County in 20 years.