A solo backpacking trip in Asia turns dark when a 23-year-old woman fails to return to her family in Colorado. The national park she was last seen alive in along the Northern border of Nepal holds many secrets and discrepancies along with some of the most treacherous terrain in the world.
Episode Source Material
- The Denver Post (Denver, CO): Greeley woman presumed missing in Nepal, by Joey Bunch.
- 9 News (Denver, CO): Nepal police search for missing Colo. Hiker, by Dan Boniface.
- The Denver Post (Denver, CO): Father heading to Nepal to search for missing daughter, 23, by Yesenia Robles.
- CNN: Colorado man goes to Nepal to seek missing daughter, by Jason Hanna.
- CBS: Hiker still missing in Nepal.
- CNN: Lack of witnesses, records baffle dad searching for Nepal hiker, by Jason Hanna.
- 9 News (Denver, CO): FBI involved in search for woman missing in Nepal, by Adam Chodak.
- Greeley Tribune (Greeley, CO): FBI joins search for Aubrey Sacco, by Greeley Tribune.
- CBS: FBI Joins Search for Colo. Hiker In Nepal, by CBS.
- The Himalayan Times (Kathmandu, Nepal): Missing US girl’s travel partner in Thailand, by Rajan Pokhrel.
- CNN: Could fear be hindering search for missing hiker?, by Jason Hanna.
- The Daily Camera (Boulder, CO): Raising money, hope for Aubrey Sacco, CU-Boulder grad missing in Nepal, by Amy Bounds.
- The Himalayan Times (Kathmandu, Nepal): Whereabouts of missing US woman still in dark.
- The Himalayan Times (Kathmandu, Nepal): Search for missing US hiker to continue in Nepal, by Rajan Pokhrel.
- CBS: Family Of Missing Woman Heads Back to Nepal In Search For Answers, by CBS Colorado.
- ESPN: Searching for the ‘Glitter Girl’, by Jamie Reno.
- The Daily Camera (Boulder, CO): Photo from CU-Boulder grad Aubrey Sacco’s laptop shows ‘person of interest’, by Leezia Dhalla.
- UPI: Solo hiking by women discouraged in Nepal, by UPI.
- The Denver Post (Denver, CO): Aubrey Sacco’s mom appeals to Nepal press for help in finding missing Greeley woman, by Joey Bunch.
- CNN: Missing hiker’s dad puts sorrow into song, by Jason Hanna.
- CBS: Nepal Arrests 2 Men In Case Of Missing Hiker From Greeley, by Associated Press.
- CBS: Parents Of Missing Greeley Woman React After 3 Arrested In Nepal, by CBS Colorado.
- My República (Kathmandu, Nepal): Suspects admit to murdering missing US trekker, by Nirajan Poudel.
- Travel Biz News (Kathmandu, Nepal): Concerns on missing US trekker Sacco in Langtang region, by TBN News.
- The Nation (Thailand): 5 suspects arrested over US hiker disappearance in Nepal.
- Backpacker: Gone Girl: Aubrey Sacco’s Disappearance Hiking in Nepal, by Tracy Ross.
- 9 News (Denver, CO): Aubrey Sacco disappearance remains a mystery, by Nick McGurk.
- AubreySacco.com: Search effort update page.
- Colorado Public Radio (Denver, CO): Years after daughter disappeared in Nepal, parents search for answers, by Tracy Ross.
- Lost in the Woods: The Disappearance of Aubrey Sacco (Podcast).
- The National News, Agence France Presse: Decapitated Belgian Trekker found in Nepal.
- Taipai Times: Feature Attacks on women trekkers show Nepal’s dark heart.
- USA Today: Nepali parks marked by missing tourists. By Kelly Kennedy.
- One Seed Expeditions: Teahouses in Nepal Everything You Need to Know About Accommodations On The Trail.