It would be ‘very difficult’ for missing 79-year-old San Mateo Co. woman to still be alive: sheriff

The San Mateo County Sheriff says it would be “very difficult” for the hiker who went missing earlier this month to still be alive.

Margaret “Elaine” McKinley, 79, was last seen May 1, hiking along the Lost Trail in Windy Hill Open Space Preserve in Portola Valley. She was wearing a red jacket and black pants when she went missing, during a hike with friends and family, after she went ahead of the group.

The search for her picked up again this weekend, with 100 volunteers back out to search the area…

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