A family who died in the searing heat on a Northern California hiking trail last year had tried to send one last text message pleading for help, authorities have revealed. Software engineer Jonathan Gerrish, 45, his wife Ellen Chung, 31, their 1-year-old daughter, Miju, and dog, Oski, were all found dead on a remote Sierra National Forest hiking trail in August.Phone records released by the Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday show that Gerrish had tried to send a text to an unnamed person shortly before noon on Aug. 15, saying: “Can you help us.”
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