CA CA - Jared Negrete, 12, San Bernardino National Forest, 19 Jul 1991

[aThousandYearsWide]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)



The Missing Boy Scout
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Jared Negrete was on a camping trip with his boy scout troop in San Bernardino County, CA. The troop was hiking to the summit on the 11,500 foot Mt San Gorgonio. Jared became tired 1,000 ft from the top and was told to wait behind until the troop came back through (according to UPI, he was last on Vivian trail). When they returned Jared was no where to be found. He was searched for by foot, horseback, and helicopters using infrared monitors to no avail. Only small wildlife was spotted on the monitors.

A search of the area turned up wrappers for beef jerky and a fruit roll-up, and Jared's disposable camera, but no sign of the missing boy scout. The Kodak disposable camera was found near a bush 200 feet from where he was last seen on Vivian trail. When the film was developed they found 12 snapshots including several landscape photos, then the last photo was particularly haunting... It was a close-up of Jared's face and is assumed to have been taken after his disappearance.

The haunting Last Photo​

Several theories have circulated about the photo due to the mystery that surrounds it. A common one is that he likely used the flash as a light source. We may never know why he took the photo, but I hope to see his case get resolved so his family can have some closure after 26 years of wondering.

Sources:
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/n/negrete_jared.html
Missing Scout Took Picture of Himself : Search: His camera is found. Most of the photos were landscape scenes but final shot on the roll of film was of his eyes and nose.
Disappearance of Jared Negrete - Wikipedia
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Missing youth's camera, snack wrappers found​

(I re-posted Jared's case after discovered his last thread was closed)
modnote: the other thread is a not discussion thread in forum part just listing missing children, not directly closed

 

[dotr]

Bumping.
https://oag.ca.gov/missing/person/jared-michael-negrete

Jared Michael Negrete

https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/mysterious-stories-blog/2017/11/22/jared-negrete

 

[whatsnext]

Bump. There are cases I can't get out of my head, and this is one of them. Hoping that he will be found and brought home one day. My love goes out to the family, Jared is NOT forgotten .

 

[Coffee56]

Lost Hiker Rekindles the Pain for Couple Whose Own Son Vanished

 

[sasha17]

Updated Charley Project link: Jared Michael Negrete – The Charley Project

 

[dotr]

Updated Charley Project link: Jared Michael Negrete – The Charley Project

Thanks for the link.

• "Missing Since 07/19/1991
• Missing From San Bernardino County, California
• Classification Lost/Injured Missing
• Date of Birth 09/11/1978 (39)
• Age 12 years old
• Height and Weight 5'2, 150 pounds
• Clothing/Jewelry Description A tan t-shirt (possibly Boy Scout style), green Boy Scout pants and black high-top Pro Wings sneakers.
• Distinguishing Characteristics Hispanic male. Black hair, brown eyes. Jared has a small birthmark on his right cheek. He wears eyeglasses with brown plastic frames."
• Last updated April 11, 2009; distinguishing characteristics and clothing/jewelry description updated.

 

[MaryG12]

A few articles on Jared worth reading:

The San Bernardino County Sun, September 9, 1991

http://maryhaberstroh.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/TheSanBernardinoCountySun-CA-Sept-9_1991.jpg

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This has some interesting information - a PI claims to have leads indicating Jared was abducted (child trafficking?):

Muncie Evening Press, IN, August 24, 1992

http://maryhaberstroh.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/MuncieEveningPress_IN_Aug_24_1992_a.pdf

http://maryhaberstroh.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/MuncieEveningPress_IN_Aug_24_1992_b.pdf

 

[Archangel85]

How could he be abducted in practically the middle of nowhere? My theory is that he felt down into some cliff while taking pictures

 

[whatsnext]

Good to see that people still care

 

[ekardh]

How could he be abducted in practically the middle of nowhere? My theory is that he felt down into some cliff while taking pictures

He wasn't abducted. He wandered off and most likely died from an accident, exposure or maybe a wild animal. I don't think his remains will ever be found unless someone stumbles on them by happenstance.

 

[MaryG12]

I found myself watching a video about missing hikers in national parks on Youtube and someone made a really interesting comment about that photo - I took a screencap and outlined the area in red.

If Jared was surrounded by a pack of wolves (maybe coyotes?) he would have little chance of survival.

2:08

 

[ekardh]

It's incredible to think that they found his footprints, the camera and the candy wrappers but no sign of Jared.
I expect that come nightfall he tried to find a place to take shelter and got trapped or died from exposure.

It must be haunting for the family to know that his remains are out there somewhere.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

My heart goes out to Jared's family. He was only 12. This case is unbelievably tragic.

395DMCA - Jared Michael Negrete

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[Miss_Zombie]

So sad to think that he'd be 43 years old now. I, too, think he most likely died from exposure or accidental fall. Hopefully his remains are located eventually so his family can have some closure.

 

[ekardh]

So sad to think that he'd be 43 years old now. I, too, think he most likely died from exposure or accidental fall. Hopefully his remains are located eventually so his family can have some closure.

After 30 years, I'd say the odds of that are practically zero

 

[ChatteringBirds]

It's so sad they didn't find him during the 19 days of searching.

Considering he abandoned his things (backpack, camera), maybe he left them behind to avoid the weight while climbing up, upwards to find a view and hopefully a formal trail. While attempting to climb up, he possibly fell.

Thus he wouldn't have gotten that far from his things as the crow flies, but maybe "far" elevation-wise.

I wonder how many days they continued the search after finding his things and footprints? How much they were able to search nearby both above and below his things?

This is purely all speculation on my part.

 

[annpats]

It makes me so mad that not one of the scout troop adults offered to stay with him!!

Someone should have stayed with him without question, especially as he was struggling.

Oh. Honestly. It just makes me cross.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Thinking more about it, he could have purposely abandoned his things in a visible area so they'd be found and continued on and made it quite some distance away. Even nowadays it is often unsuccessful finding missing people in the woods.

I wish there was something to do for this case or even the "right" words to say.

 

[TheArtfulDetective]

Anniversary of disappearance today.

 

[TheArtfulDetective]

Bumping. Anniversary of disappearance today.