The couple left Oregon on March 26 and were headed to Tucson, Arizona. Their daughter, Jennifer Whaley, says all contact with her parents ceased over a week ago – all cell phone pings stopped March 27.
ESMERALDA COUNTY, Nev. – A couple from Indiana who was reported missing more than a week ago in Nevada has been found, according to theRonnie and Beverly Barker’s nephew, Travis Peters, posted an update on Facebook Tuesday night saying rescue teams found the couple near Silver Peak, according toHe said Ronnie had died and Beverly was being airlifted to a hospital in Reno where she is doing OK.
“My parents were supposed to meet them in Tucson on Tuesday evening March 29. That’s when they were supposed to be pulling into the campgrounds in Tucson. They didn’t show up,” Whaley said about her parents meeting up with their friends in Tucson who they’ve known for more than three decades.it is unclear to them what happened to the couple as details surrounding Ronnie’s death have not been released.
He said the Mineral County undersheriff provided them with limited information and only said that Beverly was OK. “Thank God that Beverly is alive, because she will be able to fill in those blanks that we don’t know. Why did they go up the mountain? What happened?” Peters said.Copyright 2022 Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved.