This is not a post we're happy to be writing, and probably not a post you're happy to be reading either.

As everyone knows by now, the autopsy of James Kim was inconclusive about the time he died, and honestly, that's probably not something that we as members of the public need to know about anyways. And the mainstream media has done an admirable job (Rick Sanchez aside) of summarizing the tragic errors the family made along the way: missing the main highway, taking a wrong turn, walking off the road, missing the cabin stocked with food, slipping in the creek -- but really, we don't want to read about that anymore either.

The family's stores, Doe and Church Street Apothecary, are closed for the next few days, with a note posted on the Church Street Apothecary door and on the websites asking everyone to please respect their privacy. We're going to honor their request.

www.jamesandkati.com.

AP photo outside Doe by Ben Margot.