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| Above, a rock formation at Joshua Tree National Park. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
Law enforcement has determined that the deaths of the two missing Joshua Tree National Park hikers were from a murder-suicide.
According to the San Bernardino Sun:
Officials now believe that one of the missing hikers found dead in Joshua Tree National Park may have shot and killed the other before turning the gun on himself, according to a San Bernardino County sheriff’s news release.
Authorities on Tuesday identified the two hikers whose bodies were found Sunday afternoon in a remote part of the park as Joseph Orbeso and Rachel Nguyen who went missing in late July. Also recovered was a handgun, officials confirmed Friday.
“Based on evidence located at the scene, detectives believe Orbeso shot Nguyen, then shot himself,” the sheriff’s release states. “The investigation into Orbeso’s actions remain under investigation.” However his ultimate motive may never be known.
One would like to think that the murder-suicide was from an act of kindness to spare suffering in one-hundred degree temperatures in the desert. But the reason for the act will never be known.
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