Woman found alive in rugged California mountains 2 weeks after she went missing

A Georgia pistillate missing successful California mountains for 2 weeks has been recovered alive.

Tiffany Slaton, 27, of Jeffersonville, was recovered Wednesday day astatine the Vermilion Valley Resort adjacent Lake Edison successful California's Sierra Nevada upland range, according to the Fresno County Sheriff's Office.

The bureau said successful a quality merchandise that Slaton was recovered erstwhile the proprietor of the edifice was checking the spot and saw her successful 1 of the cabins. The proprietor near a compartment unlocked successful lawsuit a mislaid hiker needed it, the sheriff's bureau said.

USA TODAY reached retired to the edifice but its voicemail container was full.

The bureau said that Slaton was recovered dehydrated but "was different successful bully condition," though has been taken to the infirmary for observation.

Slaton's household reported her missing connected April 29 aft not proceeding from her for the erstwhile 9 days, resulting successful an effort to find her that included a four-day, 600 quadrate mile hunt successful the mountains.

She was past seen adjacent the aged Cressman’s General Store successful Shaver Lake connected April 24. The hunt for her covered an country betwixt Mono Hot Springs to Wishon Reservoir and Pine Flat Lake to Auberry

Parents spoke with Slaton day earlier disappearance

Slaton's parents said they spoke to their girl connected April 20, the time earlier her disappearance, according to Fresno tv presumption KSEE-TV. Her father, Bobby Slaton, said it was antithetic for her beryllium unresponsive.

"That’s thing that’s dissimilar our daughter; she ever responds to america astatine slightest erstwhile oregon twice, adjacent successful 1 day," helium told the station.

He explained that his girl went connected the California travel aft completing a declaration arsenic a dialysis tech successful Oregon, KSEE-TV reported. Before going to aesculapian schoolhouse to prosecute a vocation arsenic an anesthesiologist, she had transverse it disconnected her bucket list, Bobby said.

"My girl loves caller people. She doesn’t cognize a stranger, truthful it was a cleanable accidental for her to bash that due to the fact that she was successful California, which is besides 1 of the things that was connected her bucket list, to question and spot each 50 of the United States, and California had not been checked disconnected yet," helium said.

Detectives volition conscionable with Slaton to sermon what occurred, the sheriff's bureau said.

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