Search Intensifies for Deputy Missing Four Days in Angeles National Forest
Authorities intensified their search Sunday for an off-duty Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy missing in the Angeles National Forest since Thursday, a Sheriff’s Department spokesman said.
About 50 searchers--on foot and in helicopters--combed rugged terrain around Devil’s Punchbowl Park for Jonathan Aujay, 38, Deputy Cruz Solis said.
Aujay, a dog handler with the department’s Special Enforce ment Bureau, often hiked in the area and knows it well, Solis said.
The deputy left to go hiking alone Thursday morning, telling his wife that he would be back before sundown, authorities said.
When Aujay failed to return Thursday night, his wife notified authorities.
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