The Daily Observer London Desk: Reporter- Sarah Marshal
Julian Sands: Who is the Hollywood British actor missing in California?
Phone data from missing actor Julian Sands has revealed his last known movements, as his family cling to hope one week after he was reported missing.
Police revealed on Friday (20 January) that the British actor, best known for films such as A Room With a View and Arachnophobia, was on the move two days after he was reported missing in the California mountains.
Phone pings attempted since have failed, police said, likely due to the actor’s phone running out of battery.
Sands’ family and friends are clinging to hopes that he will be found safe, after the 65-year-old was identified as the hiker who has been missing in a California mountain range since last week.
Sands has been missing in the Mount Baldy area since Friday 13 January, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, amid warnings of treacherous conditions for searching volunteers.
He was thought to have been somewhere on the popular Baldy Bowl Trail, which climbs 3,900 feet over 4.5 miles to the highest summit in the San Gabriel Mountains.
Search and rescue crews looking for Sands had to suspend the search over the weekend because of avalanche threat, with authorities continuing to use drones. Snow and fog has continued to hinder the search.
