(CNN) — Human remains were found Saturday in southern California near the area where investigators have been searching for missing British actor Julian Sands, according to authorities.
“Civilian hikers contacted the Fontana Police Station after discovering human remains on Mount Baldy,” the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release. Investigators say positive identification of the remains should be completed within the next week.
The search for Sands, who had not been seen since he hiked in the San Gabriel Mountains northeast of Los Angeles in January, focused on the Mount Baldy area after investigators traced signals from his phone. mobile to that place.
Bad weather and harsh conditions meant that the active search remained virtually inactive until it resumed last Saturday.
More than 80 search and rescue volunteers, agents and personnel participated in the search efforts, which were supported by two helicopters and drone teams as groups of volunteers searched “remote areas across Mount Baldy and carried out the aerial search and assessment efforts,” according to the officials.
The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said Monday that “despite recent warmer weather, portions of the mountain remain inaccessible due to extreme alpine conditions,” and multiple search areas include rugged terrain covered in “more than three meters of ice and snow”.
Gloria Huerta, a spokeswoman for the department, told CNN in January that authorities were forced to suspend search efforts due to bad weather and the threat of an avalanche.
Sands is best known for his television roles as Vladimir Bierko, an antagonist on the fifth season of “24,” as well as Superman’s father, Jor-El, on “Smallville.” On the big screen, he played the title character in two installments of the “Warlock” horror film franchise, crediting him with “Arachnophobia” and “Leaving Las Vegas.”
— CNN’s Alli Rosenbloom, Toyin Owoseje and Chuck Johnston contributed to this report.
(CNN) — Human remains were found Saturday in southern California near the area where investigators have been searching for missing British actor Julian Sands, according to authorities.
“Civilian hikers contacted the Fontana Police Station after discovering human remains on Mount Baldy,” the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release. Investigators say positive identification of the remains should be completed within the next week.
The search for Sands, who had not been seen since he hiked in the San Gabriel Mountains northeast of Los Angeles in January, focused on the Mount Baldy area after investigators traced signals from his phone. mobile to that place.
Bad weather and harsh conditions meant that the active search remained virtually inactive until it resumed last Saturday.
More than 80 search and rescue volunteers, agents and personnel participated in the search efforts, which were supported by two helicopters and drone teams as groups of volunteers searched “remote areas across Mount Baldy and carried out the aerial search and assessment efforts,” according to the officials.
The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said Monday that “despite recent warmer weather, portions of the mountain remain inaccessible due to extreme alpine conditions,” and multiple search areas include rugged terrain covered in “more than three meters of ice and snow”.
Gloria Huerta, a spokeswoman for the department, told CNN in January that authorities were forced to suspend search efforts due to bad weather and the threat of an avalanche.
Sands is best known for his television roles as Vladimir Bierko, an antagonist on the fifth season of “24,” as well as Superman’s father, Jor-El, on “Smallville.” On the big screen, he played the title character in two installments of the “Warlock” horror film franchise, crediting him with “Arachnophobia” and “Leaving Las Vegas.”
— CNN’s Alli Rosenbloom, Toyin Owoseje and Chuck Johnston contributed to this report.
