17 while fighting the El Dorado Fire. Baltazar’s sister told TV station KTLA that he had been depressed about Morton’s death — “it just weighed heavily on him.” Baltazar’s car was ...

A human skull, discovered by a hunter in Big Bear on October 26, 2024, has been positively identified as belonging to Baltazar. The San Bernardino County Coroner's Office confirmed the ...

Remains found near Big Bear have been identified as those of a firefighter who went missing shortly after his captain was killed in a 2020 wildfire, the San Bernardino County sheriff’s office said.

Baltazar, a Big Bear Hotshot, was last seen on Sept. 20, 2020, the same time the El Dorado Fire was burning in Riverside and San Bernardino counties. According to the sheriff's department, a ...