Bob R sent me a link to his picture album where he participated in a search for evidence after searchers discovered some human remains and a German ID in Death Valley.  (Thank you, Bob!)

Here's the link to Bob's pictures: 2009-12-04 Death Valley search
Bob R's intro:
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In July 1996, four German tourists--a man and woman, and their two young sons--disappeared. Three months later, their vehicle was located in an extremely remote area and a massive search ensued, to no avail. Then, last month, human remains and IDs (passport, etc.) were discovered about six miles from where their vehicle had been abandoned.

On this weekend, CLMRG joined other MRA teams from Desert, Inyo, and Riverside, and dog teams from Calaveras, and the NPS, to look for more remains and clues.


Here's one of the pictures.  This was NOT evidence:


Here is a really good blog post discussing last month's discovery of the remains: Off duty RMRU pair find remains likely those of missing German tourists It was a wine bottle in the middle of nowhere that tipped off the discovery.

The Inyo County Register article, 12-10-09:
Search team finds more remains in Death Valley

Discussion of the missing tourists, and then the discovery of their remains is here:  4 German tourist, disappeared in Death Valley California 1996   But beware, the gps coordinates given are extrapolated by one of the writers, and are NOT reliable.

It is a sad story. As on writer wrote, "Boy, these people sure made all the wrong decisions, including going in the wrong direction at each turn."

But I am glad their remains have been found.