Georg Weber was a 10-year-old boy from Germany who disappeared on July 22, 1996, while vacationing in Death Valley, California, with his father, Egbert Rimkus, Egbert’s girlfriend Cornelia Meyer, and Cornelia’s young son Max Meyer. The group was last seen at the Furnace Creek Visitor Center, where they purchased a booklet, and later reportedly headed toward the Panamint Mountains. On July 23 a visitor log entry at Warm Springs Mine said they were going over the pass, likely Mengle Pass, but the family never reached their intended destination.

In October 1996 a rented minivan was found abandoned in remote Anvil Spring Canyon with three flat tires and personal items, including clothing and exposed film, inside. Temperatures in the area had reached as high as 124 degrees Fahrenheit, and it was believed the family succumbed to heat exposure. In 2009 skeletal remains of two adults were recovered and DNA confirmed one set belonged to Egbert Rimkus; Cornelia Meyer’s remains were presumed recovered. No trace of Georg or Max has been located.

Does anyone have information about Georg, Max, or the family’s final movements in Death Valley that could help fill the remaining gaps?