A search for missing hikers near Anza ended in tragedy Saturday night when one hiker was found dead in a remote mountainous area, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office.Deputies responded at 8:26 p.m. Jan. 17 to the 56000 block of East State Highway 74 after a caller reported that four members of a hiking group had not returned from an early-morning hike. Concerned they may have been in distress, another member of the party went out to look for them and later contacted authorities.The Riverside County Sheriff’s Aviation Unit and Riverside Mountain Rescue Unit were requested to assist in the search. Sheriff’s officials said the aviation unit located the four missing hikers and safely hoisted them out of the area. The group was transported to the Lake Hemet Mountain
