Overview
- Search teams located Ian Roberts deceased on Tuesday, Aug. 25, after a multi-day effort in the Auburn State Recreation Area.
- Investigators say Roberts likely slipped and fell down a steep embankment and that there is no indication of foul play.
- Roberts was last seen at 9:45 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 21, and his family helped authorities find his vehicle at the Overlook Park trailhead before the search began.
- About 100 search-and-rescue personnel from multiple counties, plus volunteer groups, used drones, dog teams, helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft and marine units to comb the rugged canyon under mid-90s heat.
- Overlook Park sits on the rim of the American River Canyon and provides direct access to steep, hazardous trails, a fact that officials and the large volunteer response highlighted as they offered condolences to Roberts’s family.