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Missing elderly couple found safe in Tijuana
http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/rancho-bernardo/article_43...
By EDWARD SIFUENTES
April 8, 2010
RANCHO BERNARDO ---- A couple reported missing since Tuesday was found safe in Mexico, San Diego police announced Thursday.
Jacqueline Indreko, 70, and Raymond Hegwer, 90, were last seen at a Rancho Bernardo restaurant on Tuesday afternoon, police said. The couple had gone
to Tijuana, where their car broke down and they stayed at a hotel.
Tijuana police officers went to the motel where they were staying and verified that they were safe, San Diego police Capt. Al Guaderrama said. A
police detective took family members to the motel Thursday afternoon to pick up the couple and bring them back to San Diego, he said.
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Woman believed to have Alzheimer’s goes missing
Not the first time....
http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2010-02-02/local-county-news/wo...
By Staff, City News Service
February 2, 2010
Police asked for the public’s help Tuesday in the search for a 71-year-old woman who is believed to be suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and hasn’t
been seen since she set off from her Rancho Bernardo home to have her nails done.
Jacqueline Indreko left her Plaza Cerado home about 1 p.m. Monday in her white 1996 Buick sedan, California license plate 4BRU377,
San Diego police said. Indreko is white, 5 feet 6, 140 pounds, with green eyes and silver hair.
Indreko, who lives with her 92-year-old husband, was headed to a salon to have her nails done but never arrived, and someone called police about 7
p.m. Monday to report her disappearance, police said.
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Betcha they did not have passports!!
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I rescued an elderly couple in their 80s whose 1987 Ford Bronco stalled on the dangerous windey upgrade just before you get to Coyote Beach. They were
headed north. There was no safe place to pull off. I pulled in front of them and asked them what was the problem. They said they had bought gas in
Loreto and it probably had water in it. This is possible, but it could have been a myriad of other causes. It was really an old beater.
They started in Cabo San Lucas the day before. They spoke no Spanish and did not carry a cell phone. They say they were headed for the border. They
did not seem to know how far the border was from Coyote/Mulege. They had a tow bar attached to the front of the vehicle. (Not to self; there must have
been a reason for that tow bar). I hitched them up and towed them to Coyote in front of the roadside convenience store an restaurant. They didn't
appear to have much money and were facing the possibility of sleeping in their vehicle that was loaded with all their stuff. They didn't want to leave
it.
It was Easter Sunday. Everything would be closed and I didn't have an idea what they were going to do. Even if they could get to Mulege, all the
hotels were booked during Semana Santa. They didn't even realize it was Semana Santa.
I told the to stay put and I will go into Mulege and see if I can send a mechanic. Failing that, I would go to the Police station and ask them if they
could help. Well, I went to Oscar, the mechanic who is at the beginning of the Ice House Road, just off the highway. He lives next door to the shop.
He was home with his family. I told him of the elderly couple's plight. He said without hesitation, "Me voy!" He went there immediately with a flat
bed trailer and hauled them and their vehicle back to his shop.
Later that night I was dining at Mele's (Doney's) restaurant. In walked the couple. Oscar had somehow gotten them a room at The Mulege Hotel, across
the street. The woman who was with me on the trip from the airport in Loreto was also eating with me. We invited them to join us and told them how
relieved to see that they had gotten this far. They, of course, expressed their appreciation.
I would sure like to know how the rest of their trip went and if they reached their home in Redding, CA. I gave them my card with my email and
California phone. They are probable clueless about computers, but if they call my phone number it would be relayed to my email. They seemed so
vulnerable.
Kudos to Oscar for being such a kind humanitarian.
I hope they made it OK.
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Toneart, You Are My Nomination for Baja Good Samaritan of the Year
Whatever deity you believe in or respect, they might just have been angels among us.
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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By chance did they mention a U-Haul truck????? 
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Mulegena
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Well Done, Tony and Oscar, well done.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajaguy
By chance did they mention a U-Haul truck????? |
I think they said something about when they drove the Bronco out of the U Haul they had no idea where they were. They could never find the U Haul
again. Have there been any recent sightings?
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U-Haul Sightings...
Yes, I saw the U-Haul Truck recently down past La Paz. It was parked in a turnout on Mex-1 northbound direction... quite dusty, nobody around.
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The legend lives on!
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This is WAY too funny!Actually sound sooooo familiar.I hope it wasn't my dear ol Dad, who is down in BCS and has memory problems.(no, he is fine and
being taken care of)Good on ya Tony for the kindness you have and shared with the Elders!You didn't make this up did you?Ok, now where is the thread
about the missing U Haul from awhile back?I saw it, but it was a long time ago!
[Edited on 4-12-2010 by Sallysouth]
[Edited on 4-12-2010 by Sallysouth]
Happiness is just a Baja memory away...
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Sallysouth
Ok, now where is the thread about the missing U Haul from awhile back?I saw it, but it was a long time ago!
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Here ya go, Sally
http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=37495#pid4004...
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Martyman
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I tuned in because of the old u-haul story too. I guess there was no resolution???
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Mulegena
Yes, I saw the U-Haul Truck recently down past La Paz. It was parked in a turnout on Mex-1 northbound direction... quite dusty, nobody around.
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You're actually not kidding. Somewhere down there in March we saw the same thing and joked about the old U-haul couple. It's been a bit of a running
joke everytime we've been to the La Paz Wal-Mart as well.
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What I meant was that I SAW IT, on the drive north from Cabo to Juncalito last year.I posted about it but it doesn't seem to be in that thread.It was
Eastertime, in the weeds on the southbound side of the road.Right beside an accident that was not a pretty picture, on the shoulder.The U Haul looked
dusty and abandoned,but when we drove back a week later, it was GONE!!(North of La Paz) Oh crap, I just got the part about the Bronco.OK Tony, ya got
me ..
[Edited on 4-12-2010 by Sallysouth]
[Edited on 4-12-2010 by Sallysouth]
[Edited on 4-12-2010 by Sallysouth]
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toneart
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Sallysouth
This is WAY too funny!Actually sound sooooo familiar.I hope it wasn't my dear ol Dad, who is down in BCS and has memory problems.(no, he is fine and
being taken care of)Good on ya Tony for the kindness you have and shared with the Elders!You didn't make this up did you?Ok, now where is the thread
about the missing U Haul from awhile back?I saw it, but it was a long time ago!
[Edited on 4-12-2010 by Sallysouth]
[Edited on 4-12-2010 by Sallysouth] |
Sally-
No, I didn't make it up. Now, the U Haul part was woven into this true story by others, but I couldn't rule out the possibility that this elderly
couple could conceivably be the same couple. This is the desert, after all. They're out there...or maybe not.
All I know is that they were as real as any other people, or apparitions, that walk through my doors of perception. 
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Perhaps this might solve the U-Haul mystery . Just scroll down a little!
http://sanfelipefoodbank.org/
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Notice Dennis' prophetic comment and hour and a half after the initial post that made us aware of the U-Haul couple in '09:
| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
This is how Urban Folklore is born. Two hundred years from now, the truck will still be roaming Baja, stopping here and there for burgers and beer,
then disappearing into the night with new maps and driving in the wrong direction. |
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