Bodies found amid search for missing couple last seen driving in Angeles National Forest
LOS ANGELES - Search crews found two bodies while searching for the missing couple last seen driving in the Angeles National Forest.
Tuesday's discovery comes just days after 19-year-old Sophie Edwards and her boyfriend Ethan Manzano disappeared while riding in a silver 2007 Isuzu Ascender.
As of late Tuesday night, officials have not confirmed if the bodies found were of the couple. However, search crews found the wrecked Isuzu at the bottom of a cliff, as well as the couple's belongings.
Ethan Manzano, 19, Sophie Rayanne Edwards, 19. (FOX 11)
Young couple disappears
Sophie Rayanne Edwards, 19, was last seen at about 1:30 p.m. Thursday near mile marker 51 of Angeles Crest Highway with her boyfriend, according to Deputy Shawn Du Busky of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
Edwards was riding in a silver 2007 Isuzu Ascender with California plates 6BFA756 driven by her boyfriend, Ethan Manzano, who has also gone missing, Du Busky said.
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Edwards is white, stands 5-feet-3 inches tall and weighs about 95 pounds, Du Busky said. She was last seen wearing a black coat, a gray Newcombs Ranch shirt, baggy blue jeans, red Doc Martens boots and a black bandana in her hair.
The 19-year-old Manzano -- who has an unspecified mental condition – is 5-feet-3 inches tall and weighs around 135 pounds. He has brown eyes and wavy black hair. Like his girlfriend, he was last seen wearing a gray Newcombs Ranch shirt. He also wore dark jeans.
Anyone with information of their whereabouts was asked to call the LASD's Missing Persons unit at 323-890-5500 or 911. Tipsters can also call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.
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