Missing Duo's Car Found Abandoned Off Beaumont Freeway, Police Seek Help

BEAUMONT, CA — Police sought the public's help Friday in locating a young couple who have been missing since Wednesday after leaving the Coachella Valley in a car found abandoned on the side of a freeway in Beaumont.

Aubrey Moran and Jonathan Reynoso, both 28, went missing after Moran left her mother's Coachella home to give Reynoso a ride to his home in Palm Desert on Wednesday, according to Indio police Sgt. Daniel Marshall. That night, police say that Moran's sister received a "selfie" photograph from the woman. In that photo, it appeared that the two were at Reynoso's Palm Desert home at 8:45 p.m.

"That was the last contact anyone has had with the pair," Marshall said in a news release. "Family members became concerned after a multitude of unsuccessful attempts to contact Audrey throughout the day on Thursday..."

When police were notified of the missing couple Friday morning, Marshall says the agency utilized the On-Star service the vehicle was equipped with to try to find Moran and Reynoso. That service indicated the vehicle was parked on the I-10, west of Oak Valley Parkway, in Beaumont.

"Officers located the vehicle on the I-10 and discovered the vehicle was pulled to the side of the highway," he said. "A preliminary investigation indicated there was no signs of foul play or forced entry into the vehicle. The vehicle is currently being towed to the Indio Police Station for a more in-depth examination."

Anyone with information on the couple's whereabouts was asked to call 911, their local police agency, or the Indio Police Department at (760) 391- 4051.

Images via Indio Police Department / City News Service contributed to this report