BODY MAY BE THAT OF MISSING HIKER.Byline: SUE DOYLE Staff Writer MALIBU -- A body believed to be that of a missing West Hills bicyclist was found late Thursday in the Santa Monica Mountains The Santa Monica Mountains are a low transverse range in southern California in the United States. Geography They run for approximately 40 mi (64 km) east-west from the Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles to Point Mugu in Ventura County. above Malibu by his family, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. news reports. After the official search was suspended Thursday morning, family and friends continued to search for Wayne Crowley, 47, and eventually turned up a mountain bike and a body, KCAL-TV (Channel 9) reported. A Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy confirmed the discovery of a body, but could not provide any other details. KCAL kcal kilocalorie. kcal abbr. kilocalorie kcal kilocalorie. said no foul play was suspected. Crowley had left his home about noon on Tuesday to go mountain biking mountain biking Sports medicine A sport in which participants use specialized bicycles to navigate rough, steep trails covered with unforgiving rocks Injury risk Concussions, fractures, death. See Extreme sport, Novelty seeking behavior. , said sheriff's Lt. Debra Glaskides. He had told his family that he wanted to see the sunset, KCAL reported. Scores of volunteers combed through bike trails and scrubby scrub·by adj. scrub·bi·er, scrub·bi·est 1. Covered with or consisting of scrub or underbrush. 2. Straggly or stunted. 3. Paltry or shabby; wretched. hillsides Thursday afternoon searching for Crowley. At a homemade command post off Mulholland Highway, family and friends pored over maps of the area and fanned out in search parties with walkie-talkies across the vast hillsides. His daughter Stephanie, 23, and her brother Robert, 20, found their father's car late Tuesday night at Mulholland Highway and Decker Canyon Road. Describing her husband as an active man who enjoys the outdoors, Lori Crowley said he rarely went mountain biking. She was unsure why he decided to go riding Tuesday. The prop maker from Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . was on disability for back surgery nine months ago, she said. City News Service contributed to this report sue.doyle(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3746 CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) People show up to help search for missing mountain biker Wayne Crowley of West Hills along Mulholland Highway above Malibu on Thursday. Tina Burch/Staff Photographer (2) CROWLEY |
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