Yosemite National Park Archives

SAR Slide Collection from Brown SAR Box Located in Archives Office

• All 5 Slides all taken July 18, 1981 from Stacey Arras Search, labeled as such

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STACEY ARRAS 14 Years Old '

DESCRIPTICN: White female, approximately 5 '5" tall, 120 lbs., 14 years old. When her blonde hair is combed forward, she looks 16 years old, and when her hair is pulled back in a ponytail, she looks 12 years old. She nay have been wearing blue dot pierced earrings.

CLCYrnES: When last seen wearing an off-white, pullover windbreaker, with horizontal zipper front pouch about breast-line and a hood that hangs down the back or tucks inside; all white jersey blouse with 1/4" white lace around the square neckline (tight fitting); shorts, with vertical 1/2" maroon and white stipes with intennittent sky-blue pin stripes and an approximate 1/2" slip on the sides (no pockets, pull-on type, no belt or buttons); grey hiking boots (rough cut, size 8 1/2 or 9) , vibrarn soles. She was also wearing a gold double-wrap around ankle bracelet.

ADDITIONl\L: She may be carrying a snall Olympus camera, with embroidered neck strap, multi-colored, predaninately black. She nay also be carrying cigarettes and gum. She is wearing upper and lower narrow teeth retainers.

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YOSElv1ITE -- The s~;arch for Stacy 1\rrss, 14, v"ho di~;sppr:.ared in the \'o:)cn1ite high cc:n1ty 11 clJ.ys ago has been called off.

The Saratoga teen-?.ger "just s2en1s to have fdsappc;.lred" s::i.id J\/ational Park Service Superintendent F:.obo;.•rt 0. Dinne\vies, \Vho added thar tbe service \Vould still like to hear from any backpacker \vho \Vas in the area for anY hint of irdorrn.J.fion.

iv'lortJ th8n 50 volunteers con1bed ti:ie atea around Sunrise Hi~h Sierra Can1p nctdn Sundc:iy, tbe :1inth day of a inassive searc.h in which volunteers, rangers c:nd others Jogzed thousands Oi hours.

At the height of the search, 100 persons \Vere invol\1cd, including tearns or profcssion::tl se~1rchers, doe te-arus, rnountain clirnbeis and ::ikifi divers aud th,~ par!~'s cornracL lirlic.:1r1ter, \Vhi1..)! logged n1ore tf,~u1 .;o hours in th2 J1L

The p'.1rk :.: 1~rvicc is pickid~ up t!Je r-o~;t ol t;1e st-,n-ch, \-Vhich is r:sti1n:·~rcd ~!t

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P~rk spnke:;wornDn t..inda Abb-ott sGid the girl's last h'):~ \Vith her· father was over footvn;1r. She V.'as \rearing thongs until b~'f father told btT she should wear h:·;:ing boots if she plarined lo \Valk :;;;~·ay to take pictures.

11 If she· h:.id plannc-fJ on \valking oif, she v,:ouli:ln'l havt· goTle off in thoriz~;," the spokes\voirr:.n said.

Park officials said St;:i,cy \Vas having sorne farnilv or ·school troubles and she 1.vaS :-:ifssing her teen-age boyfriend.

The search had been ,,:·oncentrated in a three- to five*n1i\2.s~·-;are section arln1rid SunrisE• Laki:.-i, south oi Tenav2 Lake.

El"evations there r3JE·-~ 9,0tX1 feet, viith a nun1bcr of !akcs,·::Jrescs, open r,rar~ite r;df;rs Hlld rncJc\-:,;:.,'s. ~ One seJ.fchcr sajd tht=;:(~ are rnanv pl2ces \','here a bJdy c1~,;-:.J slip in. if the girl \~·as injur\.~c\, sh·~ coL!id have cra';:;lc<l llrJder a lccig-:: or into a

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Stacy, \v:-10 was ·on the trip \Vith her fath0r, fJiled to retun1 frorn a short hike after arriving at tile campsite_, according to Sharon

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The site is about five miles south of Tennya J,i,ke. ·

She w<:.s last seen by a 77.year-o!d man who said he met her on a trail and a•:corr,panied her !or 20-30 minutes before turning back towards the camp. ,

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Search efror(S h~·ve included 50 pcov!e on foot, th!\'B he!ice::i:srs, eight dog teams nnd ~;{J...:':-0 voluntfers from the ;•):ount?in t~es..:'t!e Asscciation, accord:•:J to the part. ser\'ice.

.\t the time of her disappearnnee, Stacy was \Vi"aring &horts, a 1-sh:rt, a windbreaker and gray hiking boots.

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. Fingers of light had barely stretched toward the granite domes and p<'aks sur­

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· They pullt'CI on orange jump suits and coiled climbing ropes around day packs,

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hours traversing ravines ·and descending have to traverse ste~p and potentially down creek,Jlrainages, l<>oking for Stacey dangrrous granite ledges. · Arras. , · The other half work for free, Including

The team, nine of them in all, was 225 the San Jose contingent. The search-and-miles from Alum Rock Park and other rescue team is a division of the San Jose places where they normally use their Office of Emergency Ser1ices, said Bob skills. Marconi, who works for a Silicon Valley

For two days, the team ·joined with electronics firm, and some of it' usual other rescue teams from around Califor-.. activities Include helping injured hikera nia in the search of the well-traveled. but in urban parks or.lending support to fire-rough, terrain around the Sunrise High men during a big blaze. · . Sierra Camp where the 14-year-old Sara, It is a labor of love for Marconi and toga girl was July IT. · the 35 or so others who are part of the

"The first day was all up. up. up," one team. "You mtght say it's our hobby," of the San. Jose searchers groaned. "The said Mike Edwards, an electrician for the next day was all down. down, down." Southern Pacific railroad who serves as

The search has been carried out .with the operations director. · · . . ·. .. military precision, and the omnipresent .Members attend weekly ·and monthly· · drone of helicopters has made the air . meetings, receive training in rescue

· · above the Yosemite high country seem . methods and first aid, and, Edwards said, like a war zone. · . . spend a fair amount of their own money

Park spokeswoman Linda Abbott said on equipment, especially paging devices. ·about 60 searchers will continue hunting · The team is one of 13 such search-and- . for the missing girl during the weekend, rescue units registered with the state. ·concentrating on the Sunrise High Sierra Other volunteerS involved In the search Camp from which she disappeared. If have a less urban ·flavor. Mountain-res-

.. their efforts fail, Abbott said, the search cue· teams· include the Bay Area Mobn-probably will end Monday. tain Rescue unit from Redwood City and

At a command post next to the ranger · Sierra Madre Mountain Rescue, from a station at Tuolomne Meadows, five miles ·town near Pasadena. · ' from the Sunrise Camp, search coordina- The Sierra Madre group included Lin- · i

_ · tors have. spenf mornings and nights · da Stoner and· her 2-year-o!d Gennan • . studying..:1.aerial photographs and topo- shepherd. "Duke." . · . graphic maps. . . Stoner took time off from her jOb a8.a ,

To the·east, west. south and north of nurseinaPasadenahospitaltospendtwo · the spot where Stacey disappeared, they days walking with Duke around tw.o Yo- ··'

.have drawn lines around natural bound- semite lakes, hoping he might pick up a ·.; aries, such as steep ravines, which they scent and fmd Stacey.. . · . . . ... ,. do not be!jeve·shl' could have crossed. Unlike bloodhounds; who· chase the --.:

Within . the prime search area they scent of a particular person. German have established a grid, and the searchers shepherds will pick up any human scent - numbl)ring as. many as 90 - Have and hone in on the person emitting it like moved a&-oss it methodically,: yard by a missile to a target.

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·National Park Service ranger Bob .Johnson used three words Thursday to sum up the sta!tL' of the hunt for Stacey Arras: "Nothing significant found."

Once more, search teams trudged the high country of Yosemite National Park, looking fOr any sign of the missing 14·year-old girl from &tratoga, and again, the efforts were fruitless.

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"We'IJ keep f!f,.f.0.g t:i::n-H .,\•e };avt~ a s;:-ttisfactorv answer" about ·tte p:r.<.'t!.>able fatt.' of the teen-ager, Johmon prom~.

Stacey \vas Ja'f.t:. s.s·~::11 -.July 17 near the Sunrise High Sierra (~amp wl~£O:? sh:? ,-had stopped for the nii:;ht \Vith her father1 Georgi:i. Ar:t'1l:.~. and 10 other mernbers of a mule pack trip.

Since then. grr:'lllnd s"'1>rchers. trackers with f'.>£1man shepherd,, rock ci\mt.:;Ts and helicopter p!lots have crossed and r~ssed miles of territory in every direction from tile· canc':1>.

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nothing is found Jxfbre Lhe v;eekend, Johnson said, the number of searcba'S wi!l increase on Saturday and Sunday bt_~ause .....,_1re'!I have some more volunteers WhO are rested. \\'t.;re a.I1 pretty tired right nO\V."

Linda Abbott, a Paik -service spokes\\?oman, said the operation is h'ltdy t.o cost $50,000 to $75,000, dependfag on how b:mg iJt last•.

V/hile the field WJJrk ''X1rrtinues, tv:o Park Service investigators have Ot~rr sp€nding their tin1e on the phone, talking to t:·tcµ;~~ ~:ho think they might have seen Sk1cey and Ci.:,-z:bH",!g through a stack cf ~.vilder~ ness permits to fimi ,,:f\er:s who were camping in the area where she dLs.:~:'.r>:~.a1·· .. ..:.d.

Park officials bai<i sairti _it. is pu.;sib!e r.~?.:t t'.'".c: strJ hiked to a road ar>:i :·2·)·. :t'.'.",~~ p3rk. The !n\'(':~t~!~.Jtrir:!. have been checking_·!";.:! __ ,: ·:::t:>_gk; tco, ansv«erl:E: n:1eries about \VfJ::i.t Jbey a.H:· ·1•:Irh a "No ecrnrn;;:nt."

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Stacey Arras, 11, \i;~~\!JaAipi~~' wftri~~~t,,l her father when she left cr~n1p to tr.:kc som0 pictures. There has been no sien of her since.

The starcl1 tec1ny includes appit!JXJ.f)ff;t'if inu1tcly 80 people on foot, six dog teains and t\yo helicopter~~.

The search is concentrated in the e;cncral area of Sunirse Car11p·, south of 'l'enaya Can1p. l_ ·

Before she lcfl to take photos, the girl sci.id she was going to walk alone on a short trail to a ridge.

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search for a Saratoga girl missing six days in rUgg­ed Sierra 1nount1:in cotll1try here 'Nas cut down to nine volunt·~ers and one ranger todny.

The se:.:irchers \Vere re-checking areas that larger groups of 90-100 peo­ple had combed previously in unsuc­c.:ssful efforts to find Stacy Arra_;i) 14.

Park spokesman Linda Abbott said-fr &Iiss AITC~s is not found, an intensive g. , search will be conducted aeain Saturday and Sunday with 'about 50 volunteers.

IvH;.s Arras disappetl.red after leaving Sunrise Ca1np south of Tenaya Lake for a w<ilk along a short trail to take photographs [rorn a ridge Friday. She and lier father were 011 a horseback trip throueh Yosemite's rugged back coun­try.

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gets to po-int, and rnouths to chatter. Could it li~ th~ n1ild ninnneted rnavor? (}r 'vhat aUont tue r1:Jr­sn~ckcty jndge? ·J~·he other sjx aia r.L:;o gullfy, uutH provt.::a j_nr;_;Jcc~n·tl Co1ne solve the n1y~~v~­ry1 before it sf_,l,,rz-::-, ".:t~ird 'fhe openh1~~- (~;it(_o \vlH be ~4u;t,ust 201 D r1.1TL [it ·x-osc:n1ite 'ValJc~v IJe-

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