A family of three has disappeared without a track during a trip to the Grand Canyon in Arizona.
Jiyeon Lee, 33, together with Tahee Kim, 59, and Junghee Kim, 54, were last seen on March 13, with a rented white 2024 BMW west on the Interstate 40 who visited the Canyon to visit the bright lights of Las Vegas.
But somewhere along the icy highway, amid the chaos of a devastating stack of 22 vehicles, the family has disappeared.
For eight days there has been no activity on their credit cards, no pings of their mobile phones and no sign of the car in which they traveled.
“We have visitors from all over the world that come here, but yes, it is a bit unusual to miss three at the same time,” said Jon Paxton of the Sheriff's Office of Coconino County to Azfamy.
“We work with very limited information,” said Paxton.
'Since the 13th there have been no telephone calls that we have seen, no phone calls, no credit card use and that GPS – there has never been another point on that GPS on that vehicle. So that makes it difficult. '
The three women from the same family were on vacation, exploring was usually one of the most picturesque areas of the country.
On the day the family was last seen, the Arizona Department of Public Safety reported a horrible chain reaction Crash on an icy I-40 near Williams, a city just south of the Grand Canyon National Park.
A family of three has disappeared without a track during a trip to the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Shown: Jiyeon Lee, 33, and Junghee Kim, 54
Tahee Kim, 69, Left, and Junghee Kim, 64, on the right, were last seen from the Grand Canyon to Las Vegas in the middle of a winter storm
The collision included 13 passenger cars and several 18-wheelers. The storm ensured that a tractor trailer Jackknife is on the highway
The collision included 13 passenger cars and several 18-wheelers. The storm ensured that a tractor trailer is Jackknife on the highway.
Two people were killed with a few cars that burst into flames for more than 20 hours.
They were called Juan Beltran Sanchez from Chino Valley and Evelyn Davis from Ganado, both cities in Arizona.
Although researchers do not yet know whether the BMW of the family was part of the fiery accident, the timing may not be a coincidence.
According to the Sheriff office, GPS data showed the BMW to work on the i -40 on exactly 3:27 pm on March 13 -exactly the same highway and the same time where the enormous crash took place.
“It was our concern that due to the weather conditions on that day and that great accident their general practitioners may have diverted them,” The Sheriff office told Fox 10.
“And if you have ever traveled in the north of Arizona, GPS will sometimes change you when you are diverted, you will go to a Forest Service Road without knowing that the weather conditions are hard.”
Two people were killed with a few cars that burst into flames for more than 20 hours
Although researchers do not yet know whether the BMW of the family was part of the fiery accident, the timing may not be a coincidence
Local authorities have not excluded that the family may have been caught in the deadly crash
Authorities said it is currently unknown whether the family was involved in the stack with several vehicles
The ADPs said that the collision included 22 vehicles, including 13 passenger vehicles and a total of 36 people, two of whom were killed in the accident
The enormous collision resulted in road closures and a reaction from several authorities to offer medical help and to bring a fire that burned for 20 hours
CCSO has released a poster of a missing persons for the family and asked the public for help finding them
Local authorities have not excluded that the family may have been caught in the deadly crash or during the storm in isolated, dangerous terrain.
The area is known for spotty mobile service and confusing national roads. GPS can fail and so can visibility – especially during a winter shower as was the case during the pile.
Anyone who sees the Witte 2024 BMW with a California registration number 9KHN768 is encouraged to call authorities.
