Authorities have determined the cause of death for a Southern California hiker whose body was discovered earlier this year near a popular trail in Big Sur, concluding that no crime was involved, as reported by The New York Post.
The Monterey County Sheriff's Office announced that Joanna Ruth Shields, a 37-year-old Carlsbad resident, died from "probable alcohol withdrawal seizures due to chronic alcohol use disorder."
Officials classified her death as resulting from natural causes.
The Monterey County Sheriff-Coroner on Thursday ...
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