On May 25, 2003, a hiker near The Shady Rest campground in Mammoth Lakes National Forest, Mammoth
Lakes, California, discovered a shallow grave with skeletal remains scattered around the area. Investigators estimate that
the victim had been dead for 6 to 9 months. Forensic examination of these remains revealed two penetrations that were
concluded to be consistent with knife wounds. The victim’s information has been entered into NCIC and the ViCAP
national database.
A few days after the skeletal remains were found; a witness recalled a very short
Asian female came to the Mammoth Lakes Visitor Center with her husband in the fall of
2002. This female told an employee that her husband treated her poorly and she was afraid of
him. The husband asked about campsite rules and stay limits. The husband is described as a
white male, heavyset, 5 feet 9 inches tall, approximately 175 – 200 pounds, with brown hair,
who was abrasive and mean-spirited.
