BOISE, Idaho — The horseback riders who encountered a missing California teen and her abductor said Sunday that “red flags” went up for them because the pair seemed out of place and ill-equipped for the back country.
At a news conference in Boise, the four riders — two men and two women — said they came across 16-year-old Hannah Anderson and 40-year-old James Lee DiMaggio on Wednesday morning.
“They didn’t fit,” said 71-year-old Mark John, who is a former sheriff’s deputy from Gem County.
John said when he returned home, he saw an Amber Alert that had been sent out for Anderson, and he contacted police.
DiMaggio was killed by authorities Saturday. He is suspected of killing Anderson’s mother and brother. Anderson was not harmed. The Associated Press
