There have been other instances of Marines or Marines' wives missing in or around the combat center.
• Lance Cpl. Cesar Tiberio Morales, 20, went missing on Aug. 14, 2011. At the time, Morales's sister, Maritza Morales, said the Marine, who lived off-base in Yucca Valley, left for Yuma, Ariz., to see his girlfriend but turned around once he got to Indio. His roommate said he last saw Morales on his way to get a haircut before leaving town on Aug. 14. He did not return to the base. "Lance Cpl. Cesar Morales is currently considered a deserter by the U.S. government," combat center officials said at the time. He has not been found.
• In August 1988, Lance Cpl. Jason J. Rother, a 19-year-old rifleman from Minnesota, was assigned as one of the guides directing the battalion as it drove through the desert without lights. Marines were supposed to be placed in pairs, but Rother ended up by himself. He was never picked up and wasn't reported missing until more than 40 hours later. Several searches were launched with over 1,000 Marines on foot, helicopters, and thermal imaging gear. Rother was not carrying a map or compass and had very little water. His remains were found three months later.
• Sandra Rhodes, 19, married to Lance Cpl. Stacy Rhodes, an active-duty Marine aboard the base, was walking south from her home on Adobe Road to her job at Alamo Market on May 28, 1981. About 1:30 p.m. she passed by Criterion Insurance, which was near Adobe and Two Mile roads. The next day she was found stabbed to death and partially nude in the desert near Pinto Mountain and Amboy roads. The case has never been solved.
http://www.desertsun.com/story/news/crime_courts/2014/07/11/erin-corwin-jonathan-corwin/12557135/
