The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office released a statement Monday on the department's continued efforts to locate the "A Room with a View" actor.
Sands, 65, was reported missing on Jan. 13 while hiking a trail on Mount Baldy in Southern California, San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Gloria Huerta said at the time. Authorities' search efforts, both on the ground and by air, have been paused and resumed based on a series of storms that has created dangerous mountain conditions in the area.
Over 80 search and rescue volunteers, deputies and staff participated in the search efforts, which were supported by two helicopters and drone crews as volunteers searched in “remote areas across Mount Baldy and conducted aerial search and assessment efforts,” according to officials.
The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department shared videos of the helicopters and air support participating in the search on its Twitter page.
The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department shared videos of the helicopters and air support participating in the search on their Twitter page.
Officials said Monday that “despite the recent warmer weather, portions of the mountain remain inaccessible due to extreme alpine conditions,” and that multiple search areas include steep terrain covered in “10 plus feet of ice and snow.”
Sands, 65, was reported missing on the night of Jan. 13 in the Baldy Bowl area, which includes a popular trail leading to the Mount San Antonio summit, officials said.
On Jan. 24, rescue personnel located 75-year-old hiker Jin Chung on Mount Baldy, where Sands went missing. Chung was taken to a hospital with "weather-related injuries and a leg injury," the sheriff's department said, but he was still able to walk out of the forest "with some assistance.
"Mr. Sands' missing person case remains active and search efforts will continue in a limited capacity," the sheriff's department said.
Sands has dozens of film and television credits over a five-decade career. They include "A Room with a View," "Leaving Las Vegas," "The Killing Fields," "Oceans Thirteen" and "24."
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