A $10,000 reward has been offered for information leading to the safe return of a couple reported missing in July in Joshua Tree National Park. The reward was announced Saturday as crews continued to their methodical search for Rachel Nguyen and Joseph Orbeso, said Jennifer Albrinck, spokeswoman for Joshua Tree National Park. The search for the missing couple began when they failed to check out of their Airbnb accommodations on July 28, according to Dan Messaros, a park ranger. Nguyen, a 20-year-old Westminster resident, and Orbeso, a 21-year-old Lakewood resident, have not been seen or heard from since. For days and weeks, hundreds of people — including friends, family and law enforcement — scoured the park’s rugged terrain as well as surrounding communities for the missing couple.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 29, 2017 00:33 UTC