MUS-2026-0071
Archive card
MUS-2026-0071
Missing person
- Incident
- 2004
- Indexed
- Oct 4, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department
- Location
- Newberry Springs CA
Public record. Index entry.
Index entry. Case details compiled from public reporting; our researchers have not verified this file yet.
Summary
What happened, as the record shows.
April Pitzer, 30, vanished from Newberry Springs, California on June 28, 2004 after planning to return to Arkansas. Her belongings were later found scattered around remote Mojave Desert mine shafts. She was legally declared dead in 2012, but her body was never found and no one was ever charged.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- 2004
April Pitzer, 30, vanishes from Newberry Springs, California after planning to return to Arkansas.
- 2004
Her belongings are later found scattered around remote Mojave Desert mine shafts.
- 2012
She is legally declared dead. Her body was never found and no one was charged.
Key people
The people in the file.
30, of Newberry Springs, California. Vanished June 28, 2004; belongings later found scattered around remote Mojave Desert mine shafts. Legally declared dead in 2012.
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Investigating agency
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