Active search called off for missing Anchorage hiker

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Cellphone pings show Toscano's phone near the South Fork of Campbell Creek, close to Campbell Creek Gorge, but the phone has not been recovered.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - An active search for 28-year-old Juan Toscano, who was last heard from in Far North Bicentennial Park on Tuesday afternoon, has been called off.

Family members say Toscano was messaging and sending pictures of his hike along the Basher Trail to his mother. His last contact was around 3 p.m. on Tuesday. Aist says cellphone pings showed his phone near the South Fork of Campbell Creek, close to Campbell Creek Gorge, but the phone has not been recovered.

Toscano’s younger sister Itzel said the family is grateful for the support and help they’ve received looking for their loved one. She said she wished the official search would continue, and that her family intends to keep looking.

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