Hiker goes missing on Black Mountain Trail: SDPD

Lina Portman2 weeks ago

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Editor's note: The article has been updated to reflect the location of Black Mountain in north San Diego County.

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Authorities are asking for the public's help in finding a woman who went missing while hiking on Black Mountain Sunday morning.

According to San Diego police, Diem Le Nguyen, 50, was on the Nighthawk Trail in northern San Diego County around 8 a.m. The trailhead address is 9711 Oviedo Way.

The woman was hiking with a group when she allegedly decided to continue to complete the trail after the others decided to stop halfway, police said. At 9:30 a.m., the group told authorities that Le Nguyen contacted them and told them she was at the end of the trail.

The woman has not been seen since. Due to the extreme weather conditions and the difficulty of the trail, the police department said she was considered “missing at risk.” This comes as much of the region was under a heat advisory on Sunday.

Nguyen is described as an Asian woman, approximately 5 feet 1 inch tall and weighing 105 pounds. At the time of her disappearance, she was wearing a black shirt with a pink heart on the front, black pants, a brown hat and sunglasses. She was also carrying a backpack.

Diem Le Nguyen

Anyone with information on her whereabouts or who may have seen her on the trail is encouraged to call 911, police said.

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