A similar story is the Kim family's disappearance and the death of the father, James: https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/STRANDED-FATHER-S-HEROIC-LAST-HOURS-He

A similar story is the Kim family's disappearance and the death of the father, James: https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/STRANDED-FATHER-S-HEROIC-LAST-HOURS-He-crawled-2465857.php https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/STRANDED-FATHER-S-HEROIC... He worked for CNET, and it was a big story back in 2006.