Southern California couple missing for 2 weeks drank rainwater, ate oranges - Santa Rosa Press Democrat
WARNER SPRINGS — An elderly husband and wife stranded for two weeks in Southern California's high desert ate oranges and a pie and drank rain water that they collected in cups, but the 79-year-old husband died at some point before the couple's... Cecil Knutson, 79 and Dianna Bedwell, 68, were found near a Boy Scouts camp on the Los Coyotes Indian Reservation about 65 miles northeast of San Diego on Sunday afternoon by off-roaders, sheriff's Lt. Ken Nelson said. Bedwell wasn't able to tell authorities when her husband had died, but an autopsy to be conducted by Tuesday could help answer that question, he said. Bedwell told authorities that the couple was trying to take a short cut and got lost in the rugged area, where their 2014 white Hyundai Sonata was obscured by trees and surrounded by brush, making it invisible to helicopters that were conducting... Knutson's body was near the car and Bedwell was inside the vehicle, he said. Bedwell remained hospitalized and hadn't spoken with authorities yet beyond an initial 10-minute interview, Nelson said. The husband and wife, who were diabetic, were last seen on surveillance footage leaving the Valley View Casino in Valley Center, about 25 miles west of the wilderness camp, on May 10. Authorities said the two were planning on going to their son's... Source: www.pressdemocrat.com
