Recovered/Located NV - Ronnie (found deceased) & Beverly Barker (taken for med care), RV trip, Stagecoach, 27 Mar 2022

[Herat]

There is also a Nevada Dept of Transportation Road Camera on Highway 359, which runs west from Highway 95, just south of Hawthorne.

This is a pretty obscure road, but also exits Nevada towards Highway 395 in California

 

[zecats]

I do remember now that on FR24 I saw several helicopters in this area last week, not sure of the dates. I think I traced them from Reno to the general area of the Coaldale intersection. I assumed they were work / mining helicopters going to Tonopah, but I left them to go look for more stuff on Naomi Irilon and I couldn't actually see where these copters landed.

There is certainly an abundance of investigative scenarios going on in your area at the given time.

As for cell phone service, you would know better I'm sure, but the missing FB page has a chart comparing Verizon, ATT and T-Mobile. It states and shows a graphic that T-Mobile has the best coverage in that area and also that's what the Parkers have.

 

[zecats]

Latest update from daughter on Missing FB page:

 

[Herat]

There is certainly an abundance of investigative scenarios going on in your area at the given time.

As for cell phone service, you would know better I'm sure, but the missing FB page has a chart comparing Verizon, ATT and T-Mobile. It states and shows a graphic that T-Mobile has the best coverage in that area and also that's what the Parkers have.

I think you'll find that the cell coverage along the Highway 95 corridor is quite good but once you get farther east, it is really sketchy.

 

[Herat]

Latest update from daughter on Missing FB page:

Thanks for the posting zecats.

I 'll keep my eyes open for Civil Air Patrol flights in the region.

I was seeing them in the Gardnerville / Minden / Fallon area last week, along Highway 50 and maybe in the Hazen area.

 

[samsmom]

I’ve been watching this for a few days. The most obvious place to search is that lake right off the highway, isn’t it? Have they had drones out there?

 

[Herat]

I also think there have to have been truckers with dashcams running along Highway 95 about that time. It should still have been light enough to pick out their rig.

Also, NHP should have an idea from the traffic cam of how many vehicles were following them and a general idea of what type and color of vehicle they were.

My gut feeling is that someone with bad intention was following them. They don't seem like they would be inclined to stop for a hitchhiker or someone faking a distressed vehicle.

 

[killarney rose]

Has it been stated what year their Kia is? My 2021 Telluride has UVO which can locate the vehicle automatically.

if it’s the LX it might. We have the basic 2020 Soul and ours does not.

 

[Herat]

I’ve been watching this for a few days. The most obvious place to search is that lake right off the highway, isn’t it? Have they had drones out there?

The report is that their rig was seen on the traffic cam heading south on 95 from Hawthorne. So they wouldn't have gone into Walker Lake from Highway 95 and it would have been seen by someone.

Seem to remember there used to be wildlife cams on that lake, as it is an extremely sensitive lake for water resources.

 

[zecats]

I’ve been watching this for a few days. The most obvious place to search is that lake right off the highway, isn’t it? Have they had drones out there?

If you're referring to Walker Lake, there is highway surveillance of them further south of (and past) that area.

 

[IceIce9]

Only one of our local Indianapolis news stations seems to be giving this much coverage. I can’t understand why the need coverage isn’t more widespread.

 

[samsmom]

Thanks for the answers to my lake question. I wasn’t sure which lake it was but if they have evidence of them being past that area, that’s good to know. Has the family found Websleuths?

 

[Herat]

From a few quick internet checks:

That Ford 350 has a gas capacity of 48 gallons.

The range of a Class C 25 ft motor home should be in the range of 440 miles, of course, they are also towing a vehicle.

So if it's 407 miles driving from Stagecoach to Las Vegas, it would seem they would want to gas up along the way. Tonopah is really the half-way point, but they could also wait until Goldfield or Beatty.

 

[zecats]

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[Herat]

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It sure looks like their rig. That w0uld put them at Coaldale intersection ~ 6:30/ 6:45/ That would be in early evening, about half an hour before sunset.

There are two Nevada Highway cameras near Hawthorne, one on the north edge of town and this one about 10 miles north of Luning. This shot would be the most southern of the two.

I had been looking at Highway 360, which goes from Highway 6 to Highway 95 and bypasses that Coaldale intersection. Even on the google / FR24 maps you can see its quite a new road and has numerous semi trucks and passenger vehicles on it. There are some places off of there that you might be able to conceal a rig in some of those canyons.

I'd sure want LE to have some drones up along there. So far, I've seen no FR24 air traffic except for one private helicopter that flew from Red Bluff CA towards Tonopah before I lost it.

A bit farther south from the 95/360 junction is also a road to two ghost town areas Belville and Candelaria. The first part of the road is paved, but then it turns into typical rocky desert road leading to a very large mine. I can't tell if that mine is still worked. If they were reading some travel books, it might mention the ghost towns there and I hope they wouldn't have gone down there. I've been there and it is really remote.

 

[zecats]

It sure looks like their rig. That w0uld put them at Coaldale intersection ~ 6:30/ 6:45/ That would be in early evening, about half an hour before sunset.

There are two Nevada Highway cameras near Hawthorne, one on the north edge of town and this one about 10 miles north of Lunin. This shot would be the most southern of the two.

I had been looking at Highway 360, which goes from Highway 6 to Highway 95 and bypasses that Coaldale intersection. Even on the google / FR24 maps you can see its quite a new road and has numerous semi trucks and passenger vehicles on it. There are some places off of there that you might be able to conceal a rig in some of those canyons.

I'd sure want LE to have some drones up along there. So far, I've seen no FR24 air traffic except for one private helicopter that flew from Red Bluff CA towards Tonopah before I lost it.

When you say conceal, are you considering theft of their vehicles? And perhaps foul play? A scary thought, but I suppose one that should be considered. They certainly have disappeared into think air, when one would think they'd be easy to spot. IMO

Other possibilities might include being lost in a side canyon somehow or having driven completely off the path and lost in another direction. Not sure how to make that work however. All JMO, of course.

Searches on ongoing all over the place it seems. But where ever they are has not yet been searched, or located.

 

[Herat]

Sort of in the same area, nearer the hamlet of Dyer is this interesting place:

Fish Lake Valley Hot Springs | Fish Lake Camping | Dyer Lake

I don't suppose they would be considering camping there?

I mention it because GH mentioned Dyer in his video, although he found it on the map and then moved on to something else without discussing it

 

[Herat]

When you say conceal, are you considering theft of their vehicles? And perhaps foul play? A scary thought, but I suppose one that should be considered. They certainly have disappeared into think air, when one would think they'd be easy to spot. IMO

Other possibilities might include being lost in a side canyon somehow or having driven completely off the path and lost in another direction. Not sure how to make that work however. All JMO, of course.

Searches on ongoing all over the place it seems. But where ever they are has not yet been searched, or located.

I'm thinking foul play.

Had their main vehicle broken down, they have the Kia to get them to either Hawthorne or Tonopah. The fact that both vehicles are missing is very concerning for foul play, frankly.

I'm trying to come up with places they might have decided to stop off and see. The drive to Fish Lake Hot Springs is gravel, and I'd think they'd drive the main rig to a parking space and then along the gravel road to see if it was feasible to move the trailer.

 

[zecats]

I'm thinking foul play.

Had their main vehicle broken down, they have the Kia to get them to either Hawthorn or Tonopah. The fact that both vehicles are missing is very concerning for foul play, frankly.

I'm trying to come up with places they might have decided to stop off and see. The drive to Fish Lake Hot Springs is gravel, and I'd think they'd drive the main rig to a parking space and then along the gravel road to see if it was feasible to move the trailer.

This could be so if, say, they broke down or became stuck somewhere, someone stopped for help or a ride some where, or promise of a tow, and had purpose in mind other than being helpful. Rather a random sort of crime in that case. Surely hope not. I keep checking and wishing to see they've been located safely.

Overwhelming sadness these last few weeks.

 

[Herat]

This could be a if say, they broke down or became stuck somewhere, someone stopped for help or a ride some where, or promise of a tow, and had purpose in mind other than being helpful. Rather a random sort of crime in that case. Surely hope not. I keep checking and wishing to see they've been located safely.

Overwhelming sadness these last few weeks.

I share your sadness. It gets to be PTSD sort of thing if you let all this overwhelm you.

I was getting some relief with the onset of sunshine and spring flowers after Naomi Irion was found, but these two nice people missing is another black cloud over the nature of humanity.