Dad, three kids vanish on outing to cut Christmas tree

[XemaSab]

Source: Sacramento Bee

The Dominguez family set off Sunday afternoon, dressed in T-shirts, jeans, light jackets, and sneakers. Their plan was to drive into the mountains near Inskip, find the perfect Christmas tree and head back home to Paradise.

Later, someone would report seeing them walking into the woods with a saw at about 5 p.m. Sunday. After that, nothing.

They didn't reckon on a fierce storm that would dump snow by the yard over the next 48 hours. As darkness fell Tuesday, more than 50 exhausted searchers had found no sign of Frederick Dominguez, 38, and his children Christopher, 18, Alexis, 15, and Joshua, 12.

Searchers maintained hope Tuesday evening that somehow the four had found shelter somewhere. But the situation was becoming more desperate by the hour, said Madde Watts, an officer with the Butte County Sheriff's Search and Rescue Team.



Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/288/story/577983.html

[babylonsister]

1. Not good. Tis the season to hear stories like this.

Sounds like they got lost. :(

[ThomCat]

2. That's horrible.

:(

I hope they're found alive and okay. I hope they found shelter somewhere and have been able to stay warm and dry.

:cry:

[Whoa_Nelly]

3. Damn

Will be checking news for updates.

Hope they are all okay.

Thanks for posting this, Xema

[Generator]

4. Damn it!

Why do people not pay attention to weather reports? All this technology for nothing. It's actually something useful on Teevee, in the paper, on the radio.

ALSO it's DARK at 5PM in Sacramento. I don't understand people.

[Caoimhe]

5. That's some rugged area up there

My thoughts are with this family. Please let this turn out well.

[babylonsister]

6. UPDATE: MSNBC just relayed they've all been found alive.

Suffering from hypothermia, but otherwise okay.

Phew!

[VP505]

7. That's really good news

thank for the update.

[aquart]

8. Thank you.

And next time get the tree from the guy on the corner.

[Raine]

12. Yeah instead of poaching

one from the national forest. :-(

[XemaSab]

18. Who says they were poaching?

You can get a tree-cutting permit for 10 bucks from the Forest Service.

[Raine]

19. Yeah someone else just informed me

that you could get a permit, which I didn't know. A day when I learn something new is a day not wasted.

[XemaSab]

10. OH GOOD!!!!!

I have been worried!!!! :D

[goodgd_yall]

14. Thanks for the good news!

Just posted before reading the other threads.

[Bitwit1234]

9. BREAKING.....they were found. But they don't know what kind

of condition they are in. Good news tho that they were found.

[Thothmes]

11. There in good shape, all considered

[goodgd_yall]

13. Sad, sad, sad--read it in the Bee this morning

I certainly hope the worst hasn't happened.

[XemaSab]

15. Um... you seem to have missed the updates

They were all found alive and healthy this afternoon. :D

[goodgd_yall]

16. I responded above---I posted before I read the other threads

[XemaSab]

17. and I responded before I saw your response

:P

Good news all around, at any rate. :)