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A 19-year-old assemblage freshman has been identified arsenic one of nan hikers whose remains were recovered connected California’s Mount Baldy connected Monday.
The San Bernardino region sheriff announced this week that Marcus Alexander Muench Casanova, a resident of Seal Beach, California, was discovered on a upland way known arsenic nan Devil’s Backbone.
The sheriffs’ section said they responded to reports of a hiker who had fallen “approximately 500 feet”, and that his “friend and hiking companion hiked to an area pinch cellular work and provided GPS coordinates to assistance rescuers”. Rescue crews arrived connected ft but a chopper airlift was inhibited owed to “severe winds”. An aerial medic was yet lowered down and confirmed Casanova was deceased, nan section said.
Two different hikers were besides recovered dead, but person yet to beryllium identified, and Casanova’s origin of decease has not been wished by nan region coroner.
Mount Baldy, which rises much than 10,000ft and sits conscionable eastbound of Los Angeles, is simply a celebrated hiking spot that is also known for treacherous conditions, peculiarly successful nan winter.
Casanova was a student astatine Santa Clara University successful nan San Francisco Bay Area, according to a connection his family made to KABC, and is described by his loved ones arsenic “an avid sailor and outdoorsman”.
“We are destroyed by nan nonaccomplishment of our beloved Marcus. He was a postgraduate of Los Alamitos High, a freshman astatine Santa Clara University’s business school, and an avid sailor and outdoorsman … It is difficult to explicate nan symptom and anguish we are going done and inquire for privateness arsenic we effort to find our way,” nan connection continues.
Beginning connected Thursday, nan US Forest Service announced that 7 trails connected Mount Baldy, including nan Devil’s Backbone, will beryllium closed until adjacent Wednesday for nan information of nan public.
The deaths occurred adjacent wherever nan character Julian Sands died 3 years ago. Sands, who starred successful A Room With a View and Leaving Las Vegas, was reported missing aft mounting disconnected connected a solo hike successful January 2023. His assemblage was recovered 5 months later.
And successful January 2023, nan aforesaid period Sands went missing, different 15 hikers either sewage lost, were injured aliases died connected nan mountain.
The aforesaid time Casanova and different hikers were found, nan San Bernardino sheriff’s section announced that it rescued 2 different hikers – 2 men, ages 18 and 31 – from different way connected Mount Baldy. One of nan hikers was wounded aft falling much than 100ft from nan trail.
In October, 3 group were besides rescued adjacent nan aforesaid way wherever nan deceased hikers were found.
