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The strange death of Larry Conn in Kings Canyon National Park

Larry conn disappearance

LAWRENCE (LARRY) CONN, DISAPPEARED OCTOBER 19, 2012, BODY FOUND NEAR TABOOSE PASS JUNE 2013, KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA

Revised January 2001

Larry Conn, 53, went for a hike on the Taboose Pass on October 19, 2012, in Kings Canyon National Park in California. He was a lawyer with Polsinelli Shughart in Los Angeles.

He planned to hike over Taboose Pass toward the John Muir Trail and his route may have included Split Mountain and areas to the south, including Pinchot Pass. Larry was well prepared for the hike, with five days of food and water, a tent, a cellphone, and warm clothing. He intended to be back on Monday, October 22, 2012. But Larry never arrived back after his three-day trip and his remains turned up on Taboose Pass in June 2013 solving the mystery of his whereabouts. But the circumstances of this well-equipped hiker’s death and the failure of the search and rescue efforts to find him remains strange.

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Kings Canyon national park Larry Conn disappearance
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