Last Sunday, three hikers found bones on a Nevada mountainside. These bones were discovered over three years by the three separate hikers.
After the Carson City Police Department had announced the identification of Christopher Cash’s remains, Tad Thornton was one of the hikers who took to TikTok.
Thornton first noticed a bone with metal hardware at its joint, November 23rd last year. He thought it was someone’s pet who had undergone some kind of surgery.
Thornton outlined his discovery of the human bone in his Friday video (photo: Thornton).
Christopher Cash, 55 (pictured left), was reported missing in August 2013. Police said that Christopher Cash, 55, had paranoid schizophrenia and was reported missing on August 1. Tad Thornton, right) went to TikTok when he discovered that 2020 was the key to solving the Carson City man’s disappearance.
Thornton, however, stated in his Friday video that he later discovered it was a ‘totally different thing. [was]real human bone. This bone solved the case of a missing person. Thornton also found that the metal plate attached the bone Thornton had been a critical element.
Cash disappeared on August 1, 2013. Cash was an established fixture of Carson City. He could often be seen strolling its streets or ordering coffee from Denny’s.
The city’s police said he had stopped taking his medication, and were unable to locate him although they had investigated a number of leads, according to the Reno Gazette Journal.
His death is not known, but his bones were believed to be scattered by other animals.
An unidentified hiker found a horrifying skull on the 29th of January 2019, in an area high above Centennial Park. The victim had no obvious signs of trauma and the medical examiner did not find any other bones.
Thornton discovered his grisly discovery in 2020 on February 27th. A third hiker who was not identified found bones within a ravine just two miles away from where the skull was located.
Thornton first noticed a bone that was attached to its joint with metal hardware on November 23, last year. He thought it might be a pet bone, but it had been resected.
After the Washoe County Regional Medical Examiner’s Officer said that the metal plate (pictured) was the same type that Cash was outfitted with in 2011, his sibling supplied some of their DNA for testing, which solidified the identification
The Carson City Search and Rescue Unit, detectives and an animal remains detection K9 discovered more bones within the ravine and at other locations. Officials assumed that the remains were scattered by animals.
After the Washoe County Regional Medical Examiner’s Officer said that the metal plate was the same type that Cash was outfitted with in 2011, his sibling supplied some of their DNA for testing, which solidified the identification.
‘Now his family has had a bit closure and I’m happy to have been the one to help,’ Thornton said in his video.
While police said that there weren’t any indications of foul play in his death, they didn’t believe he had a vehicle. They also couldn’t determine how he arrived at the remote mountainside north of the city.