The search for actor Julian Sands who went missing while hiking in Mt. Baldy over five weeks ago is currently on pause. Sands, 65, was reported missing Jan. 13 after setting out on a solo hike.
About the search so far
On Feb. 18, more than 20 members of the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Fontana Station and the West Valley Search and Rescue Team conducted a ground search ahead of this week’s anticipated storm.
They focused on an area where the California Highway Patrol’s RECCO device — a rescue technology that detects reflective materials, electronic devices and in some cases credit cards — picked up a hit from a possible electronic device on Jan 25. Nothing was discovered that would lead to finding Sands.
The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s department says they are working to bring closure to the family of Sands and will resume the search once the weather permits.
San Bernardino County Sheriff’s officials had announced Jan. 25th that the search for Sands — by then missing two weeks — would continue by air. The hope, they said at the time, was that California Highway Patrol personnel would be able to use high-tech tools to pinpoint a location for a ground search.
Sands, whose family says is an experienced mountaineer, set out by himself to hike the Mount Baldy area.
About other missing hikers
A view to snow capped San Gabriel Mountains in late January. Authorities have advised for…
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