Global Courant
Authorities recovered human remains in the Mt. Baldy Wilderness near the search area for actor Julian Sands, who has been missing for over five months.
Hikers around Mt. Baldy discovered a body around 10 a.m. and notified authorities, according to a statement from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.
The body was transported from the wilderness to the coroner’s office this week for formal identification, the statement said. No other details were available.
Sands, a British actor who appeared in ‘Room With a View’, ‘Warlock’ and ‘The Killing Fields’, has been missing since January 13.
Last weekend, the sheriff’s department resumed its search for Sands, with more than 80 volunteers, deputies and other sheriff’s personnel combing the wilderness of Mount Baldy. Despite using two helicopters and a drone team, the team was unable to locate the 65-year-old.
Sands’ family said earlier this week that they were “deeply grateful” to everyone who helped find him.
“We will continue to hold Julian in our hearts with fond memories of him as a wonderful father, husband, explorer, lover of the natural world and art, and as an original and collaborative artist,” the family said in a statement shared by the family. Sheriff’s Department.
Sands, an avid hiker and rock climber, told the Guardian in 2020 that he was happiest when he was “near a mountaintop on a lovely cold morning.” He also told the publication that his most treacherous experience occurred on a hiking expedition in the Andes above 20,000 feet. Sands said a storm came up and “some of the guys who were close to us died.”
In the months since Sands was reported missing, the sheriff’s department has conducted eight aerial and ground searches. But severe storms in the first few months of this year threw dozens of feet of snow on Mt. Baldy and obstructed the search.
Although temperatures have risen in recent weeks, authorities said this week that “extreme alpine conditions” still prevented them from accessing several parts of Mt. Baldy.
Times staff writer Alexandra Del Rosario contributed to this report.
