Authorities locate Hidden Valley Lake man reported missing

By Elizabeth Larson | May 26, 2022
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Lake County Sheriff’s Office said it has located a Hidden Valley Lake man who went missing early Wednesday afternoon.

Officials reported just before 7:30 p.m. that 68-year-old John Daniel Bachelder had been found.

He is safe, confirmed sheriff’s spokesperson Lauren Berlinn.

Bachelder had left his Hidden Valley Lake home on foot between noon and 1 p.m. Wednesday.

The sheriff’s office had issued an alert shortly before 6 p.m. about his disappearance.

Details on where he was found and who found him were not immediately available.