California woman found in wilderness 12 days after going missing
A woman was found in the Northern California wilderness on Friday, 12 days after going missing, officials said.
A woman was found in the Northern California wilderness on Friday, 12 days after going missing, officials said.
Esmeralda Marie Pineda, 24, was found Friday afternoon by the Nevada County Sheriff's Office in Nevada City, California, at the top of a canyon near the Yuba River and Sweetland Creek, the sheriff's office wrote on Facebook.
Nevada City is located just over 60 miles north of Sacramento, where Pineda is from.
Pineda was "severely dehydrated and emaciated" when she was found, the sheriff's office said, adding that she "required immediate medical attention."
NBC News affiliate KYMA of Yuma, Arizona, reported Pineda was suffering from sun exposure.
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