German tourists' remains found in Death Valley?

German boyfriend and girlfriend tourists, and their two kids, who had the "bright" idea of taking a minivan on some of Death Valley National Park's worst unpaved roads, in the summer of 1996, went missing. Their apparent remains have apparently finally been found.

"Bright"? Three of the four tires on the minivan were shredded; the fourth was loose from its wheel.

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Update, Aug. 26, 2026: AP link that was above was dead and has been replaced. Much better? Here's a great story from Tom Mahood, a retired city traffic engineer turned search-and-rescue operator who found many of the remains of what are often simply referred to around DV as "the Germans."