Hikers found human remains on Southern California’s Mount Baldy on Saturday, authorities said, in the same mountain area as British actor Julian Sands. disappeared More than five months.
The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department reported the remains were reported by hikers around 10 a.m.
Deputies responded and took the victim’s remains to the county coroner’s office for identification, the sheriff’s department said.
Sands, 65, was reported missing on the night of Jan. 13 at Mount Baldy, a popular hiking area in the San Gabriel Mountains about 50 miles northeast of Los Angeles.
Sheriff’s officials announced last week He resumed the search For Sands on June 17, more than 80 search and rescue volunteers, representatives and staff are participating. But then he was not found.
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“Despite recent warm weather, portions of the mountain remain inaccessible due to extreme alpine conditions,” the sheriff’s department said in a statement last week. “Many areas include steep terrain and canyons that still have more than 10 feet of snow and ice.”
Last winter, California was hit by a series of historic storms, driven by torrential rivers that caused flooding and mudslides across the state and dangerous conditions in forested areas.
Two days after the sand disappeared, The mother of four died After gliding more than 500 feet down Baldi Mountain. Later that month, the 75-year-old Found and rescued After disappearing on Baldi Hill for two days.
Sands has dozens of film and television credits in a career spanning five decades. They include “A Room with a View”, “Leaving Las Vegas”, “The Killing Fields”, “Ocean’s Thirteen” and “24”.
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