ru ga , ▁ 3 0 — w ere ▁later ▁found ▁dead ; ▁the ▁fifth , ▁Gary ▁Math ias , ▁ 2 5 , ▁has ▁never ▁been ▁seen ▁again . ▁ ▁Several ▁days ▁later ▁their ▁Mercur y ▁Monte go ▁was ▁found , ▁abandoned , ▁in ▁a ▁remote ▁area ▁of ▁Pl um as ▁National ▁Forest ▁on ▁a ▁high ▁mountain ▁d irt ▁road ▁that ▁was ▁far ▁out ▁of ▁their ▁way ▁back ▁to ▁Y uba ▁City . ▁Investig ators ▁could ▁not , ▁however , ▁determine ▁why ▁it ▁was ▁abandoned ▁as ▁it ▁could ▁easily ▁have ▁been ▁pushed ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁snow pack ▁it ▁was ▁in , ▁and ▁was ▁in ▁good ▁working ▁order . ▁At ▁that ▁time , ▁no ▁trace ▁of ▁the ▁men ▁was ▁found . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁snow ▁m elt ed , ▁in ▁June , ▁four ▁of ▁the ▁men ' s ▁bodies ▁were ▁found , ▁in ▁and ▁near ▁a ▁tra iler ▁camp ▁used ▁by ▁back pack ers ▁as ▁shelter ▁deep ▁in ▁the ▁forest , ▁ ▁from ▁the ▁car . ▁Only ▁b ones ▁were ▁left ▁of ▁the ▁three ▁bodies ▁in ▁the ▁woods , ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁sc av eng ing ▁animals , ▁but ▁the ▁one ▁in ▁the ▁tra iler , ▁Ted ▁Wei her , ▁had ▁apparently ▁lived ▁for ▁as ▁long ▁as ▁almost ▁three ▁months ▁after ▁the ▁men ▁were ▁last ▁seen , ▁star ving ▁to ▁death ▁despite ▁an ▁am ple ▁supply ▁of ▁food ▁and ▁he ating ▁materials ▁available ▁in ▁it . ▁He ▁was ▁missing ▁his ▁sho es , ▁and ▁investig ators ▁found ▁Math ias ' ▁own ▁sho es