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    Missing California woman Esmeralda Marie Pineda found alive after 12 days in the wilderness

    By Lauren Elkies Schram,

    26 days ago

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    A California woman who went missing from a campground last month was found alive, but “severely dehydrated and emaciated,” the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release .

    Esmeralda Marie Pineda, 24, disappeared from a mining camp in a remote area of Nevada City, which is 60 miles northeast of Sacramento, on Aug. 26.

    A search was started immediately. The area was “treacherous,” requiring search and rescue “volunteers to repel into and out of the canyon to look for her,” the sheriff’s office said. The search included using an off-road vehicle for more mountainous areas.

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    Officials don’t know how Esmeralda Marie Pineda survived for 12 days. Nevada County Sheriff's Office

    She was found on Friday, nearly two weeks later, on top of the river canyon, not far from where she went missing 12 days earlier.

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    Pineda, who hails from Sacramento, was airlifted from the canyon and received treatment at a hospital. Officials did not know the extent of her injuries.

    “The Sheriff’s Office and our search and rescue volunteers covered extensive ground throughout our search, and we are thankful today to find her alive,” said Sgt. Dustin Moe, who along with his partner found Pineda.

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    Search and rescue had to contend with “treacherous,” conditions to find Pineda. Nevada County Sheriff's Office
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    Pineda was found nearly two weeks later on top of a river canyon. CBS NEWS

    Moe said officials hadn’t been able to talk to Pineda since they found her, so they didn’t know how she survived for nearly two weeks, KCRA reported .

    “Who knows? I mean, maybe she had good survival instincts,” Moe said.

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    Leah Edwards
    24d ago
    This has been happening a lot . What I really going on?? She went missing and I don't remember them mentioning that she went for a walk in the wilderness?
    Guest
    24d ago
    is he ready? It is pretty stressful out here.
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