When Orange County teens Nicholas Cendoya and Kyndall Jack went missing for five days last month in Trabuco Canyon, there were a lot of unanswered questions. Why did they wander off after calling emergency services from their car? Why didn’t they bring a map? How did the two get separated? Why were they ?
County officials, who are none to happy about spending $160,000 in taxpayer money on search and rescue, now know the answer to all these questions: meth.
Orange County officials confirmed that they had found a significant quantity of the drug in Cendoya’s car, which was parked at the trailhead. Jack and Cendoya admitted to police that they had just wanted to do a little cocaine before their hike. (Understandable.) They claimed to have been unaware that they were actually imbibing potent methamphetamine. “We wanted to touch the clouds,” after her ordeal.
A charge of criminal drug possession was filed against Cendoya on Tuesday. He is set to appear in court on May 22.