Vikram Mubayi, a chemical engineering PhD student at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), died after going missing during a solo hike in California’s Eastern Sierra, with his family now left seeking answers over what happened.

Vikram Mubayi, a chemical engineering PhD student at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), was found dead on August 3 in California's Inyo National Forest, two days…

Vikram Mubayi had been hiking in the Big Pine Lakes area of Inyo National Forest. He last contacted his family at 8:37 p.m. on August 1.