Joanna Shields Found Dead in Big Sur: Suspicious Death

Joanna Shields Found Dead in Big Sur: Suspicious Death

A group of hikers discovered the body of Joanna Ruth Shields, a 37-year-old Carlsbad woman, in the Ventana Wilderness area of the Los Padres National Forest on April 9. More than a week later, the Monterey County Sheriff's Office still has no one in custody, no declared cause of death, and toxicology results that could take another six to eight weeks to arrive. Authorities have labeled the death suspicious, but insist they have not called it a m…