A lacking hiker within the Los Angeles space has been discovered lifeless after two lengthy weeks.

The physique of Oscar Alejandro Hernandez, a 29-year-old from the Los Angeles space, was found on Thursday evening of final week in a distant space of Griffith Park within the southern California metropolis. He had reportedly been mountaineering within the park when he first went lacking, again in the course of final month.

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Shockingly, Hernandez’s canine King, a golden retriever, was discovered mendacity by the person’s facet when officers and first responders first arrived on the scene. The canine had been mountaineering with Hernandez, and evidently waited by his facet for the whole two-week interval he’d been lacking — and, because it turned out, lifeless — ready the entire time for his proprietor to get up.

A very heartbreaking picture…

In line with a police report shared by the LAPD with NBC Los Angeles and KABC, Hernandez first went lacking round 2:30 p.m. native time on March 16. He was final seen by the merry-go-round at an outside space inside Griffith Park, per police.

Griffith Park is common however massive. Hernandez’s physique was discovered “a good hike up from the place he was final seen,” based on the NBC LA report, which cited a firefighter for the data. The Los Angeles Hearth Division, park rangers, cops, and a few of Hernandez’s kinfolk all converged on the location the place the hiker was finally situated on Thursday evening.

A reason for demise has not but been launched to the general public, and it isn’t clear at this level how his physique was first found in that distant a part of the park. Nonetheless, he was in such a treacherous space that police needed to contact the LA County Sheriff’s Division to deploy a Search and Rescue group helicopter in an effort to take away Hernandez’s physique safely from the steep hillside. Now, an investigation is ongoing into the occasions main as much as his demise.

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Hernandez’s cousin confirmed to native TV information retailers that King was discovered mendacity by the person’s facet when he was found. The canine was apparently drained and hungry upon being rescued. Poor good boy…

Footage from Site visitors Information LA (under) confirmed the canine apparently wholesome and alert sitting at the back of a truck later in the identical evening when Hernandez was found:

So terrible.

Our hearts exit to Hernandez’s household, associates, and family members as they take care of the aftermath of his tragic, sudden demise, and to the candy pup who stayed the by means of the entire ordeal.

[Image via Traffic News LA/YouTube/NBC Los Angeles/Los Angeles Police Department]