JULIAN–First responders found a stranded hiker deceased Tuesday in the mountains, near Julian, San Diego Sheriff’s Department said.
Just before 6 p.m., deputies received a request for assistance from Cal-Fire for a stranded hiker in medical distress at Three Sisters Falls.
Medical personnel, along with deputies; including a sheriff’s helicopter, discovered the victim was deceased.
The San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office will conduct an autopsy to determine the cause and manner of death as well as notify the victim’s family.