Hikers have found human remains in a Southern California mountain area where British-born actor Julian Sands disappeared five months ago, authorities said.
The body was discovered at around 10am on Saturday in wilderness near Mount Baldy and was transported to the coroner’s office for identification next week, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement.
Additional details were not immediately available.
Sands, a 65-year-old avid hiker and mountaineer, was reported missing on 13 January after setting out on the peak that rises more than 10,000ft (3,048 meters) east of Los Angeles. The region was pounded by severe storms during winter.
On Friday, his family released its first statement 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 statement said.
Sands, who is best known for his role in the 1985 film A Room With a View, is married to journalist Evgenia Citkowitz and has three adult children.
A 17 June search for Sands, the eighth organised search since his disappearance, was unsuccessful, authorities said.
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