Missing Redondo Man's Car Found In Remote Nevada Area

REDONDO BEACH, CA – A hunter found a car belonging to a Redondo Beach man who has been missing since late January on Highway 182 near the California and Nevada border, according to authorities.

Authorities are currently conducting a search and rescue operation for Jeff Keidser, 61, who was last seen driving his 2004 four-door silver Saturn while accompanied by a small dog. The hunter, who initially found Keidser's car in a remote area of Mineral County in late January, saw the car was still there earlier this week and reported it to Lyon County officials, Mineral County District Attorney Sean Rowe told Patch.

"The hunter found the vehicle and followed a set of footprints from the vehicle to a paved highway [in January]," Rowe said in an email to Patch. "The hunter reports not having found anyone on foot."

The break in the case comes after more than six weeks of Keidser's family pleading fruitlessly for answers. Keidser's family has been relentless in their attempts to find their missing relative, and they are now one step closer to discovering his fate.

Lyon County Search and Rescue crews were using a search canine and drone to search the surrounding area with no luck, Rowe said. Mineral County Search and Rescue joined the search Friday, The area is very remote with no cellular or radio coverage.

Keidser was last seen leaving his Redondo Beach home on January 23 with his sister's small dog named Frankie, his brother Mark Keidser told Patch.

"He's been struggling with delusional thoughts, and maybe thinks people are out to get him," Mark said. "We are so worried."

Keidser is 6' tall, 180 pounds with blue eyes and thin, short hair, his brother said. He works as a dog walker and pet sitter, and was watching his sister's dogs at the time he went missing. Keidser took one of the dogs with him before he disappeared from his studio on Avenue C in Redondo Beach, Mark said.

"Jeff is still out there somewhere, so we’re still looking for him and Frankie the dog," Mark told Patch.

Keidser was last seen wearing a T-shirt, sweats and sandals, a Redondo Beach Police Department press release said.

Keidser's family asked the public to use the hashtag #HaveYouSeenJeffKeidser on social media to help spread the word about Keidser's disappearance.

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