RESCUERS SEARCH FOR AUTISTIC MAN DEPUTIES, VOLUNTEERS COMB RIVERBED.Byline: Nicholas Grudin Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - Sheriff's search teams and volunteers, along with a helicopter overhead, scoured the Santa Clara Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. riverbed Friday for a 22-year-old autistic autistic /au·tis·tic/ (aw-tis´tik) characterized by or pertaining to autism. man reported missing from Six Flags For the national flags of Texas, see . Six Flags (NYSE: SIX) is the world's largest chain of amusement parks and theme parks and is headquartered in New York City. There are 20 such parks run by Six Flags. Magic Mountain's parking lot the previous night. Christian Galarpe, who has the mental capacity of a toddler, ran away from his mother when they arrived at the theme park at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, 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. Santa Clarita sheriff's Sgt. Steve Jenkins Steve Jenkins (born July 16, 1972 in Merthyr Tydfil is a Wales international football player. A full-back, he attained 16 Welsh caps. Jenkins signed for Swindon Town in 2005 but after Swindon's relegation to League 2 and the appointment of Dennis Wise as manager, Jenkins . ``He might be scared, hungry or thirsty. And on a hotter day, it's easy to get dehydrated de·hy·drate v. de·hy·drat·ed, de·hy·drat·ing, de·hy·drates v.tr. 1. To remove water from; make anhydrous. 2. To preserve by removing water from (vegetables, for example). - we'd like to find him quickly,'' Jenkins said Friday morning. By late afternoon, with more than 30 sheriff's deputies and volunteers still combing a 10-square-mile area in 90-degree heat, hope of a speedy search was fading. ``The possibility could be that he's just plain not in the area - there's been enough time for that,'' Jenkins said. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's full-scale search for Galarpe began at 5 a.m. Friday, 12 hours after the man's mother alerted theme park officials that he had run away at the parking lot. Magic Mountain officials were notified that Galarpe was missing at 5:44 p.m. Thursday, and they contacted the Sheriff's Department at 5:50 p.m., according to a Six Flags release. At 3 a.m., the Sheriff's Department began assembling search teams and deployed them at 5 a.m., Jenkins said. Officials designated a 10-square-mile area between Magic Mountain, the Golden State Freeway The Golden State Freeway is a north-south freeway running through Kern County and Los Angeles County, California. Originally built as U.S. Highway 99, it was re-signed as Interstate 5 in 1964. and Highway 126 as the region where Galarpe might have wandered. Deputies on horseback, on foot and with a rescue dog searched the mostly undeveloped land. A Magic Mountain spokeswoman said employees were keeping watch for the young man at the park. ``All of our employees have a description of the missing guest,'' said spokeswoman Sue Carpenter. Jenkins said this reportedly is not the first time Galarpe has run away from a theme park. As of late Friday afternoon, officials said they expected that the search would continue through the night. Nicholas Grudin, (661) 257-5255 nicholas.grudin(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) CHRISTIAN GALARPE (2) A search party plans its strategy in the hunt for a missing autistic man in the Santa Clarita area. Michael Owen Baker/Staff Photographer |
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