Unfortunately, a third person has been added to the list of missing persons linked to Idyllwild or the surrounding areas since the beginning of the year. 

Missing person Rosario Garcia
Photo courtesy of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department

According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department (RCSD), Rosario Garcia was last seen July 7 wearing a brown shirt and blue jeans at the 26000 block of Katherine Street in Hemet. It’s possible she suffers from dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. Garcia is a 73-year-old Hispanic female. She is 5’ 3” tall and 120 pounds.

Palm Desert deputies from the RCSD were dispatched to the area of 70000 East Highway 74 in Pinyon Pines at 11:46 a.m. on July 9 after Garcia’s vehicle was found unoccupied. Garcia was not located after a search of the area was conducted.

Missing person Lydia “Dia” Abrams
Photo by Dia Abrams

“We are asking if anyone has any information or knows the whereabouts of Rosario Garcia to contact law enforcement immediately,” wrote Deanna Pecoraro, correctional sergeant with RCSD, in an email. 

Earlier in the year, local Roy Prifogle was reported missing after going on a hike in the Pine Cove area Wednesday, March 4. He left home at about 1 p.m. and was last seen at the Pine Cove Market at 6:30 p.m. on the same day. He was last seen wearing a red backpack and jeans. 

RCSD Deputy Jeremy Parsons said, “After six full days of searching in between inclement weather, searching 8 to 10 hours per day, Prifogle has not been located. The Riverside Mountain Rescue Unit (RMRU), as well as search and rescue volunteers from San Bernardino County, Orange County, and San Diego County, were assisting. In total, about 150 people have been searching during those six days.” Also adding, “On the second or third day of the search, we found his backpack, but have found no other clues as to his whereabouts.”

Missing person Roy Prifogle
Photo courtesy of Kendra Johnson

On Sunday, June 7 at approximately 8:24 a.m., Hemet Station Deputies were dispatched to the 58000 block of Bonita Vista in reference to a missing person. Lydia “Dia” Abrams was placed into the system as a missing person. 

Abrams is 65 years old, 5’ 5” tall, 130 pounds with blonde hair and blue eyes. She was last seen wearing a black and turquoise jack, yellow shirt and blue jeans.

According to the Riverside Mountain Rescue Unit (RMRU), their team of volunteers was dispatched to Abrams’ 160-acre ranch in the Garner Valley area on June 9. They conducted a search from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. with no success of finding Abrams.

RMRU went out again on June 10 to search more difficult areas on the property including a creek bed and the hills overlooking her ranch. All assignments were completed by 6 p.m. At that point, detectives took over the investigation and called off the physical ground search.

The newspaper contacted RCSD to ask if there were any updates on the whereabouts of Prifogle or Abrams. Pecoraro wrote, “As of today [July 10], we do not have any further updates. We still have them in the system as missing persons.”

If you have any information of the whereabouts of Roy Prifogle, Dia Abrams or Rosario Garcia, contact the RCSD immediately at 800-950-2444.