69-year-old bikini-clad woman missing in California’s Mojave Desert

Mercury news ^ | 07/15/2019

[BenLurkin]

The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Office says 69-year-old Barbara Thomas, of Bullhead City, was last seen Friday wearing a black bikini, a red baseball cap and tan hiking boots with black socks.

The office says Thomas and her husband were hiking in the Mojave Desert approximately 20 miles (32 kilometers) north of the I-40 freeway when they got separated.

[knarf]

I’m gonn’a vote not guilty

[Vendome]

He did it...

[SaveFerris]

[The office says Thomas and her husband were hiking in the Mojave Desert approximately 20 miles (32 kilometers) north of the I-40 freeway when they got separated.]

How do you get separated in the Mojave Desert?

I’ve never been there. But it seems like “I’m going off on my own” is not a good strategy.

[centurion316]

Bad outfit choice for the Mojave for both night and day. She won’t last long.

[SaveFerris]

That’s what I’m wondering too.

[SaveFerris]

I also thought that. Wouldn’t you need protection from the Sun? And then at night...

[Gay State Conservative]

Husband!

[bagster]

69-year-old bikini-clad woman...

This thread is fine without pics.

Thanks.

[VeniVidiVici]

How do you get separated in the Mojave Desert?

You can get separated from somebody but it takes some doing. You'd have to go in opposite directions. There are not trees to hide your egress. And after a while one hill looks like the next.

However, I would think these two have done it for awhile. A little help from a compass or walkie-talkies solves the issue.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

There's been a lot of rain there lately. Sage and other brush and cactus can grow rather tall. Joshua trees can also hide one person from another. And then there are the arroyos, hills and dunes.

If they were both tired and thirsty they might have just been plodding along with their heads down to avoid the glare from the sun. And if they were going at a different pace...

[gibsonguy]

When I first glanced at the headline I thought it said 69 bikini clap women were missing in the desert. And I thought what?!

[ifinnegan]

[depressed in 06]

I’m 71, and, pictures of a 69 year old young lady in a bikini would be fine.

[centurion316]

Go to Ft. Irwin. The Mojave Desert can hide entire tank battalions with no trouble at at all.

[tired&retired]

Comment posted on the article from an hour ago:

Mrs. Thomas was found today and is in a Bishop California hospital.

[CaptainK]

He was the only one hiking, with her already dead bikini clad body, and dumped it in the desert.

I'm hoping the red baseball cap didn't have a MAGA logo.

[txrefugee]

This is very suspicious. The woman obviously was senile, because no one hikes in the desert in a bikini. With no vegetation in the Mojave Desert, how do people get “separated?”

[CaptainK]

The cynical me posted before seeing your post.

[Eddie01]

96 in Michigan today.