Hikers have discovered human stays in a Southern California mountain space the place actor Julian Sands disappeared in January 2023.

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Hikers have discovered human stays in a Southern California mountain space the place actor Julian Sands disappeared in January 2023.

Richard Shotwell/Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Hikers discovered human stays Saturday in a Southern California mountain space the place actor Julian Sands disappeared 5 months in the past, authorities mentioned.

The physique found round 10 a.m. in wilderness close to Mount Baldy was transported to the coroner’s workplace for identification subsequent week, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department mentioned in a statement.

Additional particulars weren’t instantly out there.

Sands, an avid hiker and mountaineer, was reported lacking January 13 after setting out on the height that rises greater than 10,000 toes (3,048 meters) east of Los Angeles. The area was pounded by extreme storms throughout winter.

On Friday, his household launched its first assertion since Sands’ disappearance.

“We continue to hold Julian in our hearts with bright memories of him as a wonderful father, husband, explorer, lover of the natural world and the arts, and as an original and collaborative performer,” the assertion mentioned.

Sands, a 65-year-old British-born actor greatest identified for his function within the 1985 movie “A Room With a View,” is married to journalist Evgenia Citkowitz and has three grownup kids.

A June 17 seek for Sands, the eighth organized search since his disappearance, was unsuccessful, authorities mentioned.