Overview
- Teams started and towed the stuck, locked Toyota Hilux after a locksmith charged the battery and copied a key; the vehicle will be forensically examined, with valuables found inside but no cell phones.
- More than 60 specialists with support from volunteers deploy drones, a helicopter, 4x4s and canine units across the Cañadón Visser–Rocas Coloradas corridor and toward Route 3.
- The leading police hypothesis is that Pedro Alberto Kreder, 79, and Juana Inés Morales, 69, left on foot to seek help after getting bogged down and became disoriented in harsh terrain with scarce signal.
- Kreder’s daughters question that theory, urge inquiry into a possible interception or attempted robbery, and say he could not have driven to the spot; authorities report no evidence of a crime so far.
- An earlier bonfire sighting near the search zone was later discounted as unrelated, and security cameras last recorded the vehicle leaving Caleta Córdova before communications ceased.