March 29, 2024
Third body found in Joshua Tree National Park
JOSHUA TREE – (INT) – A body found Sunday was the third recovered this year in the Joshua Tree National Park.

Searchers suspended their efforts to find a Twentynine Palms man who was reported missing several days earlier.

Patrick Lynn Welz, 38, was last seen on June 5th when he left to drive to Riverside to visit his father. Park staff located his truck in the Indian Cove parking lot on June 10th.

Last month, a trail of discarded clothing lead searchers to the body of a young Oceanside man who’d been missing under similar circumstances.

In February, a forensic odontologist identified remains of a visitor to the Joshua Tree National Park. Erika Ashley Lloyd, 37, of Walnut Creek left her Northern California home last June and was reported missing 3-days later. Her remains were not found until January 31st in a Wonder Valley field.

Park rangers advise that temperatures on exposed parts of park trails can reach over 120° F in the shade. Hiking in extreme heat can lead to serious health risks including heat exhaustion, heat stroke, hyponatremia, and death.
Story Date: June 18, 2021
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