“The dead body of missing CNET editor James Kim has been located, authorities announced Wednesday,” Leslie Katz reports for CNET News.
“Arrangements are being made to transport Kim to an undisclosed location, according to a police statement. Kim has been missing in the remote southwestern Oregon wilderness for 11 days. The family has asked not to be contacted,” Katz reports.
“After being rescued in good condition Monday, Kim’s 30-year-old wife, Kati, and daughters Penelope (4 years) and Sabine (7 months) have been reunited with family members,” Katz reports.
Full article here.
“The body of a San Francisco man who had walked into the Oregon wilderness to summon help for his stranded family was found Wednesday in a steep ravine where he had left clues for searchers,” CNN reports. “Officials confirmed that James Kim, 35, an editor at the Web site CNET, had been found dead.”
“Brian Anderson, Undersheriff of Josephine County, broke down and could not finish speaking as he announced that Kim’s body was found at 3:03 p.m. ET,” CNN reports.
“Searchers were attempting to remove Kim’s body, and his family members have requested that their privacy be respected, officials said,” CNN reports. “Kim walked into the snowy Oregon mountains Saturday to find help for his wife and two young daughters. They were rescued by searchers on Monday.”
Full article here.
Tragic. Our condolences to the Kim family.
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Wife, daughters of missing CNET editor found alive, James Kim still missing – December 04, 2006
Where is the MDN coverage of all the millions that die in Africa each year?
How is the Mac related? Jesus, another reason me to stop visiting this site. Aside for all the pop-ups, that is.
Lack of empathy? This story is covered on every other news outlet. Some of us come here to escape the daily tragedies and read about stuff that makes us happy – Macs (and other Apple-related news).
This is very sad. No one should have to die that way, especially so young. Tragedy is always just around the corner, you never know what is going to come next. Light a candle tonight for the Kims, and reflect on how precious your own life is.
Cute daughter, jolly looking fellow. It’s okay to express condolences to the surviving family who’ve suffered a devastating loss. As for Mr. Kim, he suffers no more in the great void where everyone before us and we too will end up. Can’t say the same about everyone after us.
Goodbye, Kim. You’re nothing to me but I understand you were everything to your family.
I have a wife and 2 kids of my own and and deeply saddened by this tragic event – even though I never met him or his family.
Being a parent, I know that when it comes down to saving your family, a parent will do absolutely anything to save them, even at the expense of their own life.
I know if it had me been in that situation I would have done anything to save my kids and wife.
Myself, my wife and my kids hearts go out to the Kim family.
Rest in peace friend.
Our sincere condolences.
Pete, Vicky, Matthew and Rosie Burrows
Hertfordshire
UK
OK, I was a bit angry that he left his car. But what really made me mad was the fact he wondered off the road and into the wilderness! I’m angry he died. But my condolences to the family and friends.
Let’s see:
Wife and kids stay with car – and are rescued.
Father leaves car – and dies in the wilderness.
A family tragedy ensues.
Media outlets go nuts.
We all shake our heads and murmur sympathy.
Conclusion: This was avoidable.
…”ten u.s. soldiers were killed today in iraq. || which story deserves national news coverage?”
Depends on your definition of “news.” I kept switching between CNN and Faux to watch coverage of the Iraq Study Group [aka Papa to the Rescue]. Apparently it was deemed more newsworthy in the former than the latter. Has O’Really made a comment about the <a href=”http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/06/cheney.daughters.ap/index.html”>daughter</i> of Cheney? Methinks he won’t.
“This is very sad. No one should have to die that way, especially so young.”
Yeah well millions do die this young and YOUNGER. If only they wrote half-assed articles for CNET so you’d get the chance to acknowledge them on MDN.
If James Kim was such a techie, where was his navigation system? Fscking moron should’ve had a TomTom.
the irony is that he was a tech guru that died because he had no GPS unit to help his way out …
RIP — best wishes to the family
R2, please die. Seriously, grab a knife and slice your neck open. Surely, if you don’t care about death so much, you won’t mind committing suicide?
You’d be doing us all a favor.
I’m not going to call him names but I thought that as a techie he was, It caught me surprise he didn’t have a mobile GPS.
If He had no souces he should of stayed in the car, eventually someone will come down that road, but jeeze, this is one tuff dude to make it Seven miles away in that freezing weather.
Someone here mentions which story should diserve better coverage, Kim or Iraq.
I would say KIM, at Least we knew he was actually doing something in SAVING his family, This showed bravery. He Knew He didn’t have to trail on foot for help, he wanted to do it, he felt he had a chance. Who agrees about a losing war that have amatuer boys that don’t even shave yet in another country while the politicians in Washington are in their nice warm offices AND GETTING A+ PROTECTION IN THE WHITE HOUSE. And Now there was a Senetor or someone related up there talking about drafts. Even though it may not happen, the situation in Irag is probably worst than we think.
It just feels wird to see a man like KIN on CNET always making reviews on products like Apple all the time and all of the Sudden POOF.
My respects to the Kim fasmily.
Sorry about the Typos!!!!!!!
That’s what happens when your stupid
.”ten u.s. soldiers were killed today in iraq.
which story deserves national news coverage?…”
And 20,000 ppl died of AIDS in Africa. STFU.
This was a really smart guy and he died doing what he thought was best, but he
made life-ending decisions. The car was the best chance they had. There is more resources there than the forest can provide. Block from the wind, some insulation, something there to burn. Combine that with close multiple body heat, movement, friction, moral support, and the positive knowledge that someone will be looking for you, the car was the best place to be. I would have written helicopter viewable messages in the snow and If they burned the tires to keep warm, I would have set the whole Redwood forest on fire if necessary and created smoke. Maybe they were disoriented after those days. Easy for me to say here in my warm chair. I feel for the guy’s family. They did’nt say how he died…I hope it wasn’t due to a bear or mountain lion.
“And to the leftist idiots that love to turn everything into a political issue…suck it…”
Yeah because its only the people on the LEFT that have a political agenda.
Dolt.
I never liked him, but it’s a shame such a bad thing happened to him. He should have staed with his family, I do not think what he did was heroic, i think it was stupid. Now his daughters are left without a father.
oh well, good luck to his family and condolances and all of that
I Know right, Completly changes the subject.
Why does it matter so much on what events diserves more attention. This is a guy who’s no outdoors guy and He thought he had a chance to save his family, even if it meant risking his life.
It might not of been the brightest decision but he does diserve the respect of not being name called.
Very sad, and condolences to the family. None of us know what our decison would be when pressed to the edge of our existance day after day with harsh conditons for days and no food and probably crying hungry children.
He probably thought about how he couldn’t live with himself if he had to watch his kids died first and he survived to be rescued. He’d have to second guess himself the rest of his life as to what else he could have, or should have done. Not easy to live with, and not an easy decision to make.
To those who posted that they’ll not read MDN anymore because of covering this story–well, I guess poor Kim’s death has already done something good for the world by getting you idiots off this great site.
MDN magic word: “POINT” as in GET IT?
I’m continually impressed, and not in a good way, with that segment of our population which has absolutely no compassion for another fellow human being. By that, I mean compassion for a single person. Not some conceptual BS of all the AIDS victims in Africa, or war deaths in a war, tragic as that is – it’s still a political game folks play.
The good thing is, there are still decent people, too. Fortunately, as this tragedy is being discussed, it’s all too easy to sort them out.
Peace, Love & respect to his family and friends.
Hey, to say again what has already been said above, he had already stayed in the car with his family for many days! After how many days is it OK to get out of the car and try something else? 9? 12? 34? 147? Stop calling him stupid for doing that! It sounds like he did the best that he could!
You’re right hg. Well put.
Blessings to Kati and the children. The spirit of James will live on in them.
…And 20,000 ppl died of AIDS in Africa. STFU…
And listeners would tune out if they keep getting told what they know already – i.e. not “news” anymore.