英俳優Ｊ・サンズ氏の遺体か　１月から行方不明　米加州の山中

【ワシントンＡＦＰ＝時事】米カリフォルニア州のサンアントニオ山で２４日、身元不明の遺体が発見された。同山では１月、映画『眺めのいい部屋』（１９８５年）で知られる英俳優ジュリアン・サンズ氏（６５）が行方不明になっていた。地元当局が明らかにした。（写真は英俳優のジュリアン・サンズ氏）
　サンバーナーディーノ保安当局によると、遺体は２４日朝、ハイキング中の市民が発見し、通報した。身元確認作業が行われており、来週にも判明する見通し。
　サンアントニオ山はボールディ山とも呼ばれ、標高は約３０００メートル。ロサンゼルス近郊に位置する。サンズ氏は登山経験が豊富で、「寒い朝、山頂に近づく瞬間」が最も幸せだと語っていた。
　カリフォルニア州は昨年末と今年初め、相次いで冬の嵐に見舞われ、サンアントニオ山を含む山岳地帯には大雪が降った。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/06/26-17:20）

Hikers found human remains in California's Mount San Antonio area, local authorities said, around the same area where British actor Julian Sands went missing five months ago.
The remains were discovered in the wilderness on Saturday morning, San Bernardino Sheriff's Department said in a statement.
Civilian hikers contacted the Fontana Sheriff's Station after they discovered human remains near the mountain, it added.
The body was taken to the coroner's office to be identified, with the process expected to be completed next week.
Sands, who shot to fame in 1985 for his role in A Room with a View, went missing in January on the 10,000-foot (3,000-meter) Mount San Antonio, known locally as Mount Baldy, just outside the city of Los Angeles.
The 65-year-old is an experienced hiker who has previously described himself as happiest close to a mountain summit on a glorious cold morning.
California was hit by a succession of heavy storms in December and January that brought heavy snow to mountain ranges, including to Mount San Antonio.
The peak where Sands disappeared is the highest in the San Gabriel Mountains and a popular destination for Los Angeles residents.
San Bernardino County Sheriff at the time said it was increasingly treacherous, with eight known deaths between 2017 and 2022.
The actor's brother, Nick, said two weeks after search efforts began that he had accepted Sands would not be found alive.
He has not yet been declared missing, presumed dead, but I know in my heart that he has gone, he had said, according to English local media in Yorkshire, where the brothers grew up.