Efforts to locate the actor Julian Sands, more than five months after he went missing while hiking in California, are to be scaled back, the San Bernardino county sheriff’s office has reported.
In a statement on Monday, the department said the missing person case for Sands remains open and that search efforts will continue in a “limited capacity”.
This follows a major drive on Saturday to locate the actor, involving more than 80 volunteers, deputies and staff as well as two helicopters and a drone crew.
« Unfortunately, Mr Sands was not located, » continued the statement, adding that despite the weather improving from conditions so severe they had substantially hampered earlier efforts, “portions of the mountain remain inaccessible due to extreme alpine conditions.
Multiple areas include steep terrain and ravines, which still have 10-plus feet of ice and snow.”
Important points of the article:
– Julian Sands has been missing for more than five months after going hiking in California.
– The San Bernardino county sheriff’s office is scaling back efforts to find him.
– The missing person case remains open, with search efforts continuing in a limited capacity.
– A major search drive involving volunteers, deputies, and helicopters took place on Saturday.
– The search was unsuccessful due to difficult weather conditions and inaccessible parts of the mountain.
– Sands is an experienced mountaineer and climber.
– The sheriff’s department has conducted eight searches and devoted more than 500 hours to finding him.
– Sands rose to fame in the mid-80s and has appeared in several films.
– In January, his brother expressed his belief that he is no longer alive.
– John Malkovich, Sands’s best friend, commented on his disappearance in February.
