BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:St. Joseph County Public Library X-WR-CALNAME:St. Joseph County Public Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:93cc1662-195d-4960-8a03-9ae146cf33f7 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260730T104327Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240907T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240907T153000 SUMMARY:Author Talk with Tony Wright LOCATION:Main Library - Community Learning Center\nMain Library - Communit y Learning Center X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Main Library - Community L earning Center;X-APPLE-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=Main Library - Community Learning Center:geo:41.6734594,-86.2505397 GEO:41.6734594;-86.2505397 DESCRIPTION:This event explores the bizarre and tragic 1978 disappearance of Ted Weiher\, Jack Madruga\, Bill Sterling\, Jackie Huett\, and Gary Mat hias in the Plumas National Forest in Northern California..\nhttps://sjcpl .libnet.info/event/11080390 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Things Aren&rsquo\;t Right: The Disappeara nce of the Yuba County Five explores the bizarre and tragic 1978 disappear ance of Ted Weiher\, Jack Madruga\, Bill Sterling\, Jackie Huett\, and Gar y Mathias in the Plumas National Forest in Northern California. Four of th ese men had intellectual disabilities while one was diagnosed with schizop hrenia. On Friday\, February 24\, 1978\, they left the Yuba County\, Calif ornia area in Madruga&rsquo\;s 1969 Mercury Montego to attend a basketball game in Chico\, California. Four days later the car they were traveling i n was found abandoned on a snow-covered road in the mountains of the Pluma s National Forest\, some 75 miles in the wrong direction from home.

\n< p>Four jurisdictions of law enforcement would investigate and search for t he missing men. Psychics were brought in\, and there were strange reports of sightings of the five from numerous people. One witness came forward wi th an incredible story of seeing the men disappear into the forest that ni ght. Yet every lead came to a dead end. About four months after they vanis hed\, four of the five men&rsquo\;s remains were found some 12 miles from the car\, with one discovered in a US Forest Service trailer with plenty o f food and fuel to keep them alive for months.

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Once described as & lsquo\;Bizarre as hell&rsquo\;\, the case of the Yuba County Five has baff led law enforcement and the families of the missing men for over 45 years. Tony Wright has meticulously researched this case\, earning himself the r eputation of being one of the foremost authorities on the subject\, and hi s conclusions are likely as close as anyone will come to making sense of t his tragedy.

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Tony Wright will discuss how he discovered the case a nd worked with the families to tell the stories of the five men. He will a lso discuss his personal research for developing an ethical true crime boo k. Tony will explore the theories behind their disappearance and how the c ase returned to the spotlight after 40 years.

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