thedrifter
09-05-07, 04:59 PM
Hesperia man found dead in desert
He died of exposure, dehydration on Marine base
Melissa Pinion-Whitt
TWENTYNINE PALMS - A search and rescue team found the body of a Hesperia man on a U.S. Marines base Sunday, a day after he had disappeared while scavenging for scrap metal.
Michael Cuhna, who apparently died of heat exposure, was found by members of the Morongo Basin Search and Rescue team at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center training range, San Bernardino County sheriff's officials said.
Cuhna and a friend John Carbonelli went to the base in search of scrap metal, but their vehicle broke down. They tried to walk out of the base with no water, food or shirts and became separated. Carbonelli found help at a home in the 57000 block of Touchstone Boulevard and reported his friend missing. Deputies turned the case over to military police.
Coroner's officials say Cuhna died of exposure and dehydration.
Ellie
He died of exposure, dehydration on Marine base
Melissa Pinion-Whitt
TWENTYNINE PALMS - A search and rescue team found the body of a Hesperia man on a U.S. Marines base Sunday, a day after he had disappeared while scavenging for scrap metal.
Michael Cuhna, who apparently died of heat exposure, was found by members of the Morongo Basin Search and Rescue team at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center training range, San Bernardino County sheriff's officials said.
Cuhna and a friend John Carbonelli went to the base in search of scrap metal, but their vehicle broke down. They tried to walk out of the base with no water, food or shirts and became separated. Carbonelli found help at a home in the 57000 block of Touchstone Boulevard and reported his friend missing. Deputies turned the case over to military police.
Coroner's officials say Cuhna died of exposure and dehydration.
Ellie