Remains found by Riverside County farmer may be those of Russian skydiver

The remains discovered by a Riverside County farmer plowing his field Tuesday may be those of a Russian parachutist who went missing after jumping from a plane, authorities said.

Vladimir Frolov, 50, was skydiving in Perris and was reported missing after he jumped from the plane Sept. 25. The decomposed remains of a skydiver were found in the area where Frolov went missing, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department said.

"We haven't positively identified the remains," Sgt. Joe Borja said. But he noted that "we're only missing one skydiver."

After Frolov was reported missing, Borja said, teams scoured the area with search dogs, a helicopter and all-terrain vehicles for two days but were unable to find him.

The Perris area is a popular skydiving destination that attracts visitors from around the world.

Borja said officials would attempt to identify the remains through dental records. Anyone with information is asked to call investigator Glenn Johnson at (951) 210-1000.

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Comments

[likolin]

I sure would hope that the authorities would look for me longer than 2 days before giving up. Did he not have any family or friends advocating for him?

[CarolynJ]

Don't they make some kind of beeper-locators? If you are going to jump out of a plane, you could land ANYWHERE. This is very sad. :(

[Mary]

They are only missing one skydiver? Gee that is good too know!!!!!

[Mary]

They are only missing one skydiver ? boy that is good too know!!!!!

[truth]

How did he die? did his shoot not open?

[Drew]

If he achieved terminal velocity, they might not have enough teeth to examine.

[ThaBeav]

Nice to know there are compassionate, dedicated people looking for the missing people. Oh wait, that was somewhere else.

[Dreadnok4life]

Why would the authorities spend thousands of dollars looking for an idiot who killed himself jumping out of a plane? Why waste the money?

[Hmmm ...]

that's two months after he went missing. wow. don't they expect people to check in after a jump?

[Marv]

Does anyone remember the lady from Orange County,whose chute didn't open, back in the 80's or early 90's. She jumped out, chute didn't open and she fell into a sewage drying pond. The pond's contents were thick enough to cushion her fall, she broke some bones but survived.

[Bill]

P/E reported earlier this week, neither parashute deployed

[BUD]

his remains were found in the area he went missing...where were they looking for two days, someplace where the light was better?

[Bill]

Press-E reported that when body was found neither shute had deployed?

[jj sludge]

THEY TOTALLY GOOFED ON THIS ONE. THE AIRPORT DOES NOT DOCUMENT THOSE WHO LAND. THEY DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS MISSING FOR FIVE DAYS UNTIL AFTER THEY RECEIVED A CALL FROM FRIENDS LOOKING FOR HIM (HIS CAR SAT IN THEIR PARKING LOT THE WHOLE TIME UNNOTICED). THE POLICE WERE TRYING TO ID SOMEONE WHO WAS HIT BY A CAR IN THAT AREA BEFORE THEY STARTED A SEARCH. IT WAS A GOOD 2 WEEKS BEFORE THEY EVEN STARTED TO LOOK FOR HIM IN THE FIELDS. GOOD THING HE WASN'T SITTING OUT THERE WITH 2 BROKEN LEGS! TEMPS THAT WEEK REACHED 109! WE HAD TO SEARCH OUR ADJACENT PROPERTY, TOO BAD THEY DIDN'T FEEL THEY NEEDED TO LOOK IN THE FIELD RIGHT NEXT TO THE AIRPORT (WHERE THEY FOUND HIS BODY 2 MONTHS LATER)TOO OBVIOUS I GUESS.

[GG1000]

This is totally bizarre - does the skydiving company not notice when people don't come back? Who picks them up after they land? They just let them jump out and don't even monitor what happens to them?