Santa Barbara County Search and Rescue
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. - Santa Barbara County Search and Rescue (SBCSAR) teams followed a breadcrumb trail of footprints to locate a man who went missing near Mission Creek Saturday night.
Crews said the 27-year-old man had been hiking with his girlfriend at Botanic Gardens that afternoon when they became separated around 3:30 p.m. near the redwood grove.
After searching for her boyfriend unsuccessfully, the man s girlfriend returned home, hoping he would be there. When he wasn t, she contacted the sheriff s office for help and returned to the creek area to continue searching for her boyfriend.