The cause of death has been released for a hiker whose body was found naked near a hot spring in Big Sur earlier this year.

An official cause of death was revealed Thursday for Joanna Ruth Shields, a 37-year-old woman who died during her hike through Big Sur wilderness. Shields’ death on April 9 at ...

Joanna Ruth Shields’ death on April 9 at Sykes Hot Springs in Los Padres National Forest was marked by months of mystery.

The whole area is essentially a greatest hits collection of California natural wonders, and Pfeiffer Beach is one of the ...

Joanna Ruth Shields, 37, died of probable alcohol withdrawal seizures near Sykes Hot Springs in Big Sur, Monterey County ...

The death of Joanna Ruth Shields, the 37-year-old woman who was found along a remote Big Sur hiking trail in April, has cast ...

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The cause of death for the hiker mysteriously found naked and dead in Big Sur has been revealed. 37-year-old Carlsbad native Joanna Ruth Shields died of “probable alcohol withdrawal seizures due to ...

California deputies say a hiker's death in Big Sur that sparked a monthslong mystery was caused by alcohol withdrawal seizures, ruling it natural.

For several months, the cause of death of a Carlsbad woman who died under suspicious circumstances in the wilderness of Big ...

The Monterey County Coroner’s Office has released the cause of death for a woman found dead near hot springs in the Big Sur back in April.