Reno endurance athlete Fred Zalokar’s death was accidental, according to the Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office.
Zalokar went missing July 24 in Yosemite National Park on a solo trip to remote Mt. Clark. His body was recovered July 27.
Zalokar, 61, died of multiple injuries to the head, neck, chest and abdomen, according to the sheriff’s office.
He was attempting a car-to-car ascent of Mt. Clark using an off-trail route from Bunnell Point in Little Yosemite Valley, according to the National Park Service.
Zalokar moved to Reno in 1984 to follow his love for the mountains and starting in 1992 worked at the now-closed Lakeridge Tennis Club as general manager, according to his website. He and his wife, Deb, a personal trainer, have a son, Ian.
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Yosemite West, CA – The names of the two people killed in a murder-suicide near Yosemite National Park have been released.
Mariposa Sheriff’s Officials have identified the male victim as 31-year-old Roland Goldberg from Lebanon, Missouri. The suspect is 22-year-old Elisabeth Shauck of Salinas. Their bodies were discovered on Thursday (April 22) in the Yosemite West area or the county. Detectives reported that evidence collected at the scene indicated it was a murder-suicide with Shauck shooting Goldberg multiple times before turning the gun on herself, as detailed here.
In their update, investigators also disclosed that the gun used in the deadly shooting was a Glock model 17 that was registered to Shauck. They added t
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Two people were found dead Thursday in Yosemite West, a small community accessed through Yosemite National Park, in what officials are describing as a murder-suicide.
The Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office, which is investigating the case with the California Department of Justice crime lab in Fresno, said Friday that officials responded to reports of a possible deceased person around 4 p.m. Thursday.
Deputies found a deceased man and woman who officials said they believe were visiting the county. The sheriff’s office said that investigators think the woman shot the man multiple times before killing herself and that it has no additional people of interest.
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Yosemite West, CA – Two deceased individuals discovered in Mariposa County Thursday have investigators signaling a murder-suicide by firearm.
A caller reporting a possible dead person sent Mariposa County Sheriff’s Deputies racing to the Yosemite West area Thursday (April 22). Once on the scene, the bodies of two adults, a man, and a woman, were found with bullet wounds.
Sheriff’s officials detailed that collected preliminary evidence sent to the California Department of Justice Fresno Crime Lab has led detectives to believe “this is a case of murder-suicide. Investigators added, “At this time, we believe the female shot the male multiple times before taking her own life.”