Man dies from thirst and starvation day before his wife and he were rescued after RV got STUCK for 10 days

Man dies from thirst and starvation day before his wife and he were rescued after RV got STUCK for 10 days
Beverly (R) used her N95 mask to scoop up snow for water, but Ronnie (L) became dehydrated and died from the lack of food and water (Facebook)

Beverly Barker, an Indiana woman, and her husband, Ronnie Barker, were found ten days after they went missing on a West Coast RV trip. The couple, who got lost following their GPS, was found on Tuesday, April 5. The 70-year-old woman was airlifted to the hospital where she was treated and ultimately released on Wednesday. 72-year-old Ronnie, on the other hand, died on Monday, just a day before rescuers found the couple.

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Beverly and Ronnie left Albany, Oregon, on March 26 for the 1,300-mile journey to Tucson, Arizona, where they planned to visit friends on March 29. Their itinerary included planned stops in Fallon, Nevada, and Nellis Air Force Base outside Las Vegas, followed by their arrival in Tucson, reports Daily Mail. The couple spent 10 days in their stranded SUV after it got stuck in the mud on Red Mountain, near Silver Peak, on March 27.