Bones found in Death Valley could be those of missing Germans

Police in California said more bones had been found in Death Valley that could be the remains of four German tourists who vanished 13 years ago.

Inyo County sheriff’s spokeswoman Carma Roper said a weekend search turned up the bones in the same remote area where two hikers found skeletal remains last month. A form of identification for one of the tourists was found nearby.

Dresden resident Cornelia Meyer and her four-year-old son, along with her boyfriend Egbert Rimkus and his 10-year-old son, vanished in 120-degree Fahrenheit (50-degree Celsius) heat during a trip to the Mojave Desert park in 1996.