LAPD Homicide Detectives Search Joshua Tree in 38-Year-Old Christina Downer Case
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Updated · Fox News · Oct 9
LAPD Homicide Detectives Search Joshua Tree in 38-Year-Old Christina Downer Case
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 9
Summary
LAPD homicide detectives searched the Joshua Tree area on Friday for evidence tied to Christina Lynn Downer, 38, who vanished from Los Angeles' Koreatown in November 2025.
The department did not disclose the exact search location or say whether investigators were seeking human remains, a suspect or other evidence, and would not confirm whether dogs were used.
Downer's brother, SNL writer Jimmy Fowlie, said in April that police told the family she was dead and the case had become a homicide investigation, but LAPD publicly said she had not been found and remained a missing person.
Fowlie also alleged someone used Downer's phone and social media after her disappearance to ask for money and make it appear she had gone off the grid; police have not publicly confirmed that claim.