By
The Desert Search and
Rescue Team from Palm Springs contacted RMRU
about a search for a missing 66 year old male in
the Whitewater rest stop area. The distraught man
was last seen at 3:00am as he ran from his bus,
which was traveling from Tennessee to Los
Angeles. When we responded the Desert Team was
already searching for tracks in the immediate
area. The subject was picked up by Sheriff
Deputies before RMRU could get the first team
into the field. It turns out that the man had
slept the rest of the night among rocks partway
up a hill and came back down in the morning. He
then walked to a house and asked for help but was
told to walk to a nearby boy's home and call
authorities from there.