Posted on 12/02/2020 7:24:18 AM PST by SJackson
"Hiking anyone? I am looking for a friend to go hiking with. I am a moderate hiker, 68 years of age and I would love some company," Lisa Thorborg wrote
A California woman who was fatally stabbed along a nature trail near her home posted a message online weeks earlier looking for someone to hike with.
Lisa Thorborg, 68, was hiking Carlsbad’s Hosp Grove West Trail between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Nov. 23 when she was attacked.
A passerby found the former physical therapist’s body on the trail around 11:20 a.m., Carlsbad police say.
Thorborg, who had moved to Carlsbad from Oregon in May after her husband’s 2017 death, had posted on Nextdoor on Nov. 9 that she was seeking a hiking partner, CBS8 reports.
“Hiking anyone? I am looking for a friend to go hiking with. I am a moderate hiker, 68 years of age and I would love some company,” she wrote.
Police say they are aware of the post and are investigating.
“We haven’t ruled anything out,” Carlsbad Police Lt. Jason Jackowski tells PEOPLE. “There are still a lot of unknowns.”
Police say they are hoping to identify a white or Hispanic male, between 5 feet 10 and 6 feet 3 inches tall with a husky build who was possibly seen in the area at the time of the attack. The man was wearing a black shirt, black shorts and possibly a black hat and walked slowly with a shuffle or limp.
“We believe that there was someone matching the description but whether they are related to the crime we have no idea,” Jackowski says.
He adds: "We believe she started the hike by herself."
(Excerpt) Read more at people.com ...
Sounds as though she was hiking alone, but who knows.
She may have found a ‘hiking partner’ that had more on his mind than hiking. Why are people so trusting these days?
So sad. A 68 y/o woman can’t ask to meet new friends w/o risking her life? This in America?
That area is packed with random addicts and homeless.
Good chance it wasn’t someone she met online....
This happened in Carlsbad?
That is (was) a lovely Community and Real Estate there is not cheap. Our Friend’s Son lives there.
The unfortunate Fact is that Southern CA Beach Communities attract a lot of Transients, some who are mentally unstable and commit random attacks like this.
I hike alone all the time.
Managed to tree a black bear this morning on my morning hike.
But then I don’t live in a place where I am disarmed.
This morning I had my 50cal muzzle loader and a
Glock 24.
Who knows when someone might find something to shoot.
Go on a first date in a sparsely populated location with zero police support... what could go wrong?
“So sad. A 68 y/o woman can’t ask to meet new friends w/o risking her life? This in America?”
YEP. It’s what you get when you empty the jails and we’ll have far more of it if we take Lin Wood’s advice and let the Marxists win in Georgia.
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