2023-06-25 09:34:11
The 65-year-old man, an experienced walker and mountaineering enthusiast, disappeared in January during an expedition in the Mount San Antonio region of California.
Five months later, the mysterious and tragic disappearance may be elucidated. Human remains were discovered on Saturday June 24 by hikers in the Mount San Antonio region of California, near the area where British actor Julian Sands was reported missing, local authorities announced on Sunday.
They were transported to the medical examiner’s office to be identified. The identification process is expected to take several days and could be completed next week. Julian Sands, 65 at the time of his disappearance, rose to prominence in 1985 for his role in the James Ivory film “A Room with a View”. He had disappeared in January on Mount San Antonio, known locally as Mount Baldy, which rises to 3,000 meters, outside the limits of Los Angeles.
A series of violent storms
Julian Sands was an experienced walker and avid mountaineer who said he was happiest when he was “near the top of a mountain on a glorious cold morning”. “Mountaineering and filmmaking are closely linked,” he told the Yorkshire Post in 2013 while on an expedition to the Swiss Alps. “There is always another mountain. And ultimately, the whole point of climbing a mountain is the mountain itself. And I think that goes for the experience of the actor as well.”
California had been hit by a series of severe storms in December and January, accompanied by heavy snowfall across mountain ranges, including Mount San Antonio. The peak where Sands disappeared is the highest in the San Gabriel Range and a popular destination for Los Angeles residents.
The San Bernardino County Sheriff said at the time that the route was increasingly dangerous, with eight known deaths between 2017 and 2022. The actor’s brother, Nick, said two weeks after the search began that he had accepted the disappearance of Julian Sands. “He has not yet been declared missing, presumed dead, but I know in my heart that he is gone,” he acknowledged according to local English media from Yorkshire, where the two brothers grew up.
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