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Julian Sands' son is speaking out about his expectations for the actor to be found, over three months after his dadwent missing.
Speaking with U.K. outletThe Timesfor an interview published Friday, Henry Sands said he is “of course, realistic about the impact on the search of the weather conditions over the last three months — it’s been a 40-year snowfall record in California.”
Despite Sands not being found as of yet, Henry toldThe Times, “I am hugely appreciative for all the efforts made so far from the volunteer search and rescue climbers and the San Bernardino county sheriff team to bring my father home.”
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“There is nothing really further to say at this point other than to reinforce my deepest gratitude for the love and support my family and I have received,” he also said.
Henry added that he “look(s) forward to the search resuming as soon as the weather improves and the ground conditions are safe and feasible to do so.”
On Jan. 24, the actor’s brother Nick Sands told the U.K.‘sCraven Herald & Pioneerthat he believed Julian, who he said he was scheduled to meet with for a family event on Jan. 30, is “gone.”
“He has not yet been declared missing, presumed dead, but I knowin my heart that he has gone,” he told the outlet at the time. “However, sibling rivalry being what it is, it would be just like him to walk out of there and prove me wrong.”
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On Feb. 10, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department public information officer Gloria Huerta told PEOPLEthat “we remain hopefulbut know the outcome may not be what we would like” regarding ongoing searches for the actor.
John Malkovichbrought further attention to Sands’ disappearance on Feb. 20 when hespoke about his friendship with his fellow actorahead of premiere of their film at Berlin Film Festival.
“I’m a godfather to his first son from his first marriage to Sarah, who I know very well,” Malkovich, 69, explained to reporters, according toDeadline. “I introduced him to his second wife, and we have been close since we met in 1993 on the set ofThe Killing Fields.”
“It’s a very sad event,” Malkovich said of Sands' disappearance at the time, according to the outlet.
source: people.com
