Searching for The Five

A video on YouTube. In True Crime & Mysteries, a Krater category.

Summary by Krater

This video examines the mysterious disappearance and tragic fate of the Yuba County Five in 1978, exploring the sequence of events, witness accounts, and unresolved questions surrounding why five young men abandoned their car in the Sierra Nevada mountains.

From the video

Answers: What happened to the Yuba County Five?

Yuba County Five disappearance
Plumas National Forest
Gateway Center
Joseph Shones sighting
Gary Mathias
Ted Weiher

What it concludes

The official investigation determined that Gary Mathias, Jack Huett, and William Sterling likely succumbed to the elements after becoming stranded in the mountains.
Joseph Shones' eyewitness testimony of seeing the men by their stuck car remains difficult to fully reconcile with the physical evidence.
Despite numerous recovered clues and extensive searches, the ultimate motive and complete sequence of events leading to the disappearance of the Yuba County Five remain unknown.

Rate it, review it and add it to your lists in Krater.

Titles and thumbnails from YouTube. Krater isn't affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by YouTube or Google.