6 people found dead in remote Mojave Desert area in Southern California

EL MIRAGE, Calif. -- Deputies recovered six radical dormant successful a distant country of the Mojave Desert successful Southern California connected Tuesday night, authorities said.

San Bernardino County Sheriff's deputies were called to an country disconnected Highway 395 extracurricular the assemblage of El Mirage for a wellness cheque astir 8:15 p.m. and recovered 5 of the bodies. The sixth was recovered Wednesday morning, sheriff's spokesperson Mara Rodriguez said.

Authorities did not instantly merchandise details astir however oregon erstwhile the radical died oregon who they were. Rodriguez said investigators were inactive gathering grounds to find what happened.

"It'll beryllium respective hours inactive earlier we are acceptable for anybody to beryllium removed from the scene," she said, adding that the coroner's investigators volition beryllium called successful then.

Two vehicles were recovered parked astatine the transgression scene. TV chopper footage showed yellowish markers adjacent an intersection of ungraded roads successful a scrubby godforsaken onshore that stretched for miles. Yellow portion blocked entree from the nearest paved road.

The area, astir 50 miles (80 kilometers) northeast of Los Angeles, is truthful distant that the San Bernardino Sheriff's Department called successful assistance from the California Highway Patrol's Aviation Division, Rodriguez said.

Members of the department's specialized investigations part were brought successful to behaviour a homicide investigation, according to an email from sheriff's spokeswoman Gloria Huerta.