▁back bone ▁under ▁a ▁man zan ita ▁bush ▁ ▁n ortheast ▁of ▁the ▁tra iler . ▁His ▁sho es ▁and ▁je ans ▁nearby ▁helped ▁identify ▁the ▁body . ▁The ▁next ▁day ▁a ▁deput y ▁sh er iff ▁found ▁a ▁sk ull ▁down hill ▁from ▁the ▁bush , ▁ ▁away , ▁confirmed ▁by ▁dent al ▁records ▁later ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁Hu ett ' s . ▁His ▁death , ▁too , ▁was ▁attributed ▁to ▁hypoth erm ia . ▁ ▁In ▁an ▁area ▁to ▁the ▁north west ▁of ▁the ▁tra iler , ▁roughly ▁a ▁quarter - mile ▁() ▁from ▁it , ▁search ers ▁found ▁three ▁Forest ▁Service ▁blank ets ▁and ▁a ▁r usted ▁flash light ▁by ▁the ▁road . ▁It ▁could ▁not ▁be ▁determined ▁how ▁long ▁those ▁items ▁had ▁been ▁there . ▁Since ▁Gary ▁Math ias ▁had ▁pres umably ▁not ▁taken ▁his ▁medic ation , ▁pictures ▁of ▁him ▁were ▁distributed ▁to ▁mental ▁institutions ▁all ▁over ▁California ; ▁however , ▁no ▁trace ▁of ▁him ▁has ▁ever ▁been ▁found . ▁ ▁Ev idence ▁in ▁tra iler ▁ ▁Wei her ' s ▁body ▁was ▁on ▁a ▁bed ▁with ▁eight ▁sheets ▁wrapped ▁around ▁it , ▁including ▁the ▁head . ▁The ▁aut ops y ▁showed ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁died ▁of ▁a ▁combination ▁of ▁star v ation ▁and ▁hypoth erm ia . ▁He ▁had ▁lost ▁nearly ▁half ▁his ▁; ▁the ▁growth ▁of ▁his ▁be ard ▁suggested ▁he ▁had ▁lived ▁as ▁long ▁as ▁ 1 3 ▁weeks ▁from ▁when ▁he ▁had ▁last ▁sh aved . ▁His ▁feet ▁were ▁badly ▁fro st bit ten