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Search Underway For Newport Beach Hiker Matt Thoke Missing For 9 Days In Sequoia National Park

Thoke was last seen July 21 at about 1 p.m. leaving the High Sierra Trail approximately three miles east of the Crescent Meadow trailhead.


SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK (CBSLA) — The search for a missing Newport Beach hiker continued Thursday in Sequoia National Park.

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According to the parks service, 43-year-old Matt Thoke was last seen July 21 at about 1 p.m. leaving the High Sierra Trail approximately three miles east of the Crescent Meadow trailhead, just east of Panther Creek.

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