<font size=4 color=blue>ANOTHER missing raver</font> -- [..:: www.BadBoyBadtz.com :..] General Message Board

[ Show ]

Support VoyForums

[ Shrink ]

VoyForums Announcement: Programming and providing support for this service has been a labor of love since 1997. We are one of the few services online who values our users' privacy, and have never sold your information. We have even fought hard to defend your privacy in legal cases; however, we've done it with almost no financial support -- paying out of pocket to continue providing the service. Due to the issues imposed on us by advertisers, we also stopped hosting most ads on the forums many years ago. We hope you appreciate our efforts.

Show your support by donating any amount. (Note: We are still technically a for-profit company, so your contribution is not tax-deductible.) PayPal Acct: Feedback:

Donate to VoyForums (PayPal):

[ Login ] [ Main index ] [ Post a new message ] [ Search | Check update time | Archives: 1, [2], 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 ]

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Date Posted: 18:03:33 09/10/01 Mon
Author: Last missing person's article
Author Host/IP: 24-196-11-164.mpk-dyn.charterpipeline.com / 24.196.11.164
Subject: ANOTHER missing raver
In reply to: :-( 's message, "Yet, a more depth accident report" on 21:58:30 09/03/01 Mon

Missing rave-goer's body found

JOHN W. DEVRIES

NEEDLES The body of a 24-year-old Indio man who wandered away from a rave on Labor Day weekend was found Sunday morning, 31/2 miles northwest of the Havasu Landing airport where the dance was held, sheriff's officials said.

A San Bernardino County sheriff's Search-and-Rescue Team discovered the body of Matthew Torres at 9:20 a.m. in a ravine near the eastern slope of the Chemehuevi Mountain area, more than 20 miles outside of Needles.

The discovery brings the death toll associated with the rave to five. One man suffered a fatal drug overdose during the rave, and three more were killed in traffic accidents, according to sheriff's deputies.

Torres reportedly left the all-night Nocturnal Wonderland Festival to search for his car and was not seen again. Search teams spent the week looking for him, but initially only found his wallet, pants and tennis shoes in the desert.

"They are speculating that he fell into the A1

ravine," said Jodi Miller, spokeswoman for the Sheriff's Department's Colorado River station. "Foul play is not suspected."

An autopsy scheduled for later this week will confirm the cause of death and whether Torres may have been under the influence of drugs at the time he disappeared, she said.

More than 25,000 people are estimated to have attended the rave, which lasted from Saturday night, Sept. 1, to 8 a.m. the next morning on the Chemehuevi Indian reservation.

The mountain area is fairly barren with large rock outcroppings and scattered vegetation, said Rusty Two Crows, who lives on the reservation.

Desert heat and extreme winds in the region last week increased the concern for Torres' well-being among those waiting at the airport command post for him to be found.

"It was hard to see his friends and family just sitting and waiting there," Two Crows said. "I'm glad they've at least got some closure."

Torres was not the only rave participant whom search-and-rescue teams were tracking last week.

Ryoji Amiya, 23, of San Gabriel was found Friday wandering dehydrated and suffering from exposure after leaving the reservation and becoming lost during the rave. He was found about two miles south of where the rave was held.

There are no other missing-person cases related to the rave, deputies said.

The deaths together with the controversy over the tribe and rave promoter Goldenvoice's refusal to pay for 70 sheriff's deputies to maintain order at the event have concerned many in the tribe and Sheriff's Department. Despite the lack of an agreement with the tribe or the promoter, the department sent more than 100 deputies to the area during the rave to maintain order.

First District Supervisor Bill Postmus has said the county may tally the cost of patrolling the event and other related expenses and bill either the tribe or the promoter.

Tribal Chairman Edward "Tito" Smith has said that the event could have been far more problematic with the more than 25,000 people in attendance. He said the tribe will consider hosting similar events in the future.

Staff writer Matt Bender contributed to this report.

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]