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Missing hiker found dead in Sequoia National Park

Tony Caprio/AP

This photo provided by the National Park Service shows what appears to be a smoldering tree in Sequoia National Park, Calif., on April 22, 2021. A giant sequoia has been found smoldering and smoking in an area of Sequoia National Park burned by one of the huge wildfires that scorched California last year. The National Park Service said Wednesday, May 5, 2021, that the cause of the tree fire appears to be the 2020 Castle Fire, which burned more than 270 square miles in the Sierra Nevada. (Tony Caprio/National Park Service via AP)

By: Associated Press

Posted at 6:49 PM, Aug 09, 2021

and last updated 2021-08-09 21:49:03-04

(AP) — A Southern California man who went missing last month during a hike in Sequoia National Park has been found dead.

Park officials say 43-year-old Matt Thoke of Newport Beach was found Saturday and rangers recovered his body the next day.

There's no immediate word on the cause of his death. Authorities say his body was found off-trail in an area that couldn’t be seen from the air and was “hardly visible on the ground.”

Authorities say he was last seen on July 21 when he split from a group during a multiday hike and walked off a trail without his overnight pack. His body was found not far from where he vanished.

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Missing hiker found dead in Sequoia National Park

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