The public’s assistance is being requested in locating a man whose life is in danger.

Sheriff’s officials are asking for the public’s help in finding in 69-year-old Lucerne Valley man who vanished from a San Bernardino County campground last week.

David Mitchell

David Mitchell, 69 of Lucerne Valley, was last seen around 10 a.m. on Thursday, September 26, walking in the Bowens Ranch area near the steep grade that leads to the Deep Creek Hot Springs. He has not been seen since.
Deep Creek/Bowens Ranch is located south of Apple Valley and east of Hesperia. It is a rough desert area, full of chaparral. In recent days, the temperature has soared into the mid- to-high 90s.

“His vehicle, a 1998 Infinity I30, was found abandoned at the Bowen Ranch Campground,” according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.

Mitchell, a male Caucasian, is about 6 feet tall and weighs 156 pounds. He has brown and gray hair and hazel eyes. He was, at the time of his vanishing, wearing an unknown color hooded sweatshirt, shorts and dark socks.