{"id":430784,"date":"2017-10-21T05:46:41","date_gmt":"2017-10-21T05:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/21\/missing-us-hikers-died-in-murder-suicide\/"},"modified":"2017-10-21T05:46:41","modified_gmt":"2017-10-21T05:46:41","slug":"missing-us-hikers-died-in-murder-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/21\/missing-us-hikers-died-in-murder-suicide\/","title":{"rendered":"Missing US hikers died in \u2018murder-suicide\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A California couple who went missing in July in the Joshua Tree National Park are believed to have died in a murder-suicide pact, police have said.<\/p>\n

Rachel Nguyen, 20 and Joseph Orbeso, 22, were first discovered on 15 October by a search and rescue party that included Mr Orbeso\u2019s father.<\/p>\n

Police said evidence at the scene suggested that Mr Orbeso shot Ms Nguyen before turning the gun on himself.<\/p>\n

It appeared they were low on food and without water, an official said.<\/p>\n

San Bernardino sheriff\u2019s spokeswoman Cindy Bachman told the BBC the couple was found under a tree and appeared to be embracing each other.<\/p>\n

She said Mr Orbeso and Ms Nguyen had positioned their clothing to cover their lower legs to protect themselves from the heat.<\/p>\n

Investigators found a handgun registered to Mr Orbeso at the scene, she added.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe circumstances are really like no other search operation that we\u2019ve been involved in,\u201d Ms Bachman said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut there is no evidence that leads [investigators] to believe that he was intending to harm her.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Orbeso and Ms Nguyen were reported missing on 28 July after they failed to check out of their Airbnb accommodation in the Morongo Basin area.<\/p>\n

National Park Service rangers found their car near a trailhead, prompting search and rescue teams to spend more than 2,100 hours looking for the couple.<\/p>\n

According to Joshua Tree Search and Rescue, they were found in a \u201ca steep canyon\u201d north of the Maze Loop trail. The bodies were recovered a day after the discovery.<\/p>\n

The San Bernardino Sheriff\u2019s Department Morongo Basin station said in a statement on Friday that homicide detectives were called to help \u201cdue to suspicious circumstances and visible injuries\u201d to their bodies. The investigation is ongoing, they added.<\/p>\n

Mr Orbeso\u2019s father said in an email to the Southern California News Group that he wants his son \u201cto be remembered as a kind, caring and thoughtful person\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe way he was found beside Rachel holding her as they were seeking shade under the brush says everything you need to know about him as a man and as a human being,\u201d Mr Orbeso said.<\/p>\n

The week-long search had been suspended back in August after more than 10 search personnel were injured due to severe heat.<\/p>\n

The search was then \u201cscaled back to smaller teams on the weekends\u201d, the sheriff said.<\/p>\n

Source: BBC<\/p>\n

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