Los Angeles County : Costs of Scout Search Will Be Reimbursed
Los Angeles County supervisors Tuesday approved paying $428,212 to San Bernardino County as reimbursement for the massive search for an El Monte boy who disappeared while on a Boy Scout trip to the San Gorgonio Mountains last summer.
Jared Negrete, 12, who disappeared July 18, was never found. State law requires a missing person’s county of residence to repay another county for its search and rescue costs, according to county attorneys.
Nearly 1,100 workers from nearly two dozen agencies throughout Southern California, including the U.S. Air Force and Marine Corps, took part in the search, mostly as volunteers.
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