A search-and-rescue crew has found a Thousand Oaks couple
who were reported missing after going for a hike Monday afternoon in a canyon
near Malibu.
The couple, in their 20s, went for a hike in Newton Canyon about
3 p.m. Monday but didn’t return. Their roommate reported them missing just
before midnight, said Sgt. Greg Evans of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
Malibu/Lost Hills Station.
A six-person mountain rescue team set out to find them early
Tuesday morning. A sheriff’s department helicopter found a campfire that may
have been started by the couple, and rescuers located them just before 7 a.m.
Tuesday.
The hikers didn’t have any overnight gear with them. It
is unclear whether they were lost or intended to camp, Evans said.
— Tony Barboza
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