Leslie Soule

Human remains were discovered on Saturday by hikers in the Mt. Baldy wilderness area, where rescue crews have been searching since January for missing British actor Julian Sands.

The remains have not yet been ID’d by the coroner, and more information is expected to be released in the next few days.

Three days ago, Sands’s family released a statement saying, “We continue to hold Julian in our hearts with bright memories of him as a wonderful father, husband, explorer, lover of the

natural world and the arts, and as an original and collaborative performer.”

Previously, I’d reported that:

British actor Julian Sands went missing in the San Gabriel mountains of California in January of this year. It has now been over five months since the actor disappeared, and now a search is resuming, although in a limited capacity.

On Saturday, another search was conducted by over 80 search and rescue volunteers, deputies and staff of the local sheriff’s office. Two helicopters aided teams in searching remote areas of Mount Baldy, while drone crews also searched various areas.

However, some areas of the mountain are still inaccessible, due to extreme conditions, including steep terrain and ravines, which still have over ten feet of ice and snow.

Thus far, the sheriff’s dept. has conducted eight searches incorporating both ground and air search. Volunteer searchers have logged over 500 hours in an attempt to find the missing actor.

Before that, I’d reported:

Sky News is now reporting that the outcome of the search for Julian Sands “may not be what we would like”. The British actor has now been missing for nearly a month after hiking in the mountains in California during adverse weather. He has been missing since the 13th of January. 

Sky News is reporting that, “Police in southern California say they are ‘hopeful’ of finding missing actor Julian Sands, but admitted the outcome of the search ‘may not be what we would like’. Sands has not been seen for four weeks, after first being reported missing in the Mount Baldy region of the San Gabriel mountains on 13 January. ‘Regarding the search for Julian Sands, we remain hopeful but know the outcome may not be what we would like,’ a spokesperson for the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s department said. ‘Conditions on Mt Baldy remain a danger and our Aviation Division still patrols the area when they are available. We also plan to search the area by ground in the future.’ Sands’s family were ‘grateful’ for the support they had received since his disappearance, the spokesperson added, but had no further public statement at this time. The 65-year-old, was reported missing after he failed to return from a hike in January and no trace of him has so far been found. Numerous searches for the British star have since been undertaken on foot and by air by both local and state-level agencies. Authorities have previously used a Recco device, which is able to detect electronics and credit cards, in the hope of establishing a more exact area in which to focus search efforts. Last month, Sand’s hiking partner and friend Kevin Ryan said it was obvious ‘something has gone wrong’ but that the actor’s advanced experience and skill would ‘hopefully’ see his safe return. Sands was born in Yorkshire and moved to Los Angeles in 2020. His breakout role came as the free-spirited George in the period drama A Room With A View, in which he starred opposite Helena Bonham Carter. More recently, in 2021 he played a chief medical officer in the Jack Lowden and Peter Capaldi-led drama Benediction.”