Mystery as California Men Go Missing From Music Festival

Two men have been reported missing after attending the Aftershock music festival at Sacramento's Discovery Park last weekend.

Jacob Clark-Jendrock, 24, and his friend, 32-year-old Anthony Acosta, were attending the festival after driving from Southern California. Both were last seen entering southbound Interstate 5 in a black Ford F-150 with the license plate number 06073M3.

The Sacramento Police Department confirmed they have a missing persons report. Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Clark or Acosta should contact the department.

The rock music festival took place from Thursday, October 5, 2023, through Sunday, October 8, 2023, with performances from 90 bands. Saturday's show was headlined by Korn, followed by performances from Queens of the Stone Age, Rancid, and Guns N' Roses.

Missing California Men
Anthony Acosta, 32, (left) and 24-year-old Jacob Clark-Jendrock (right), who have been missing since attending the Aftershock music festival in California last weekend. A wristband scan confirmed Clark-Jendrock had been at the event.

In a Facebook message, Jacob Clark-Jendrock's mother urged people to contact her if they have seen or heard anything about her son.

Shannon Jendrock filed a missing person's report with the Sacramento Police Department and festival security confirmed that her son's wristband was scanned into the event on Sunday night.

"My son attended the festival with a friend. His name is Jacob Clark-Jendrock. His friend's name is Anthony Acosta. They drove from Southern California. They have not returned and no one has heard from them since Saturday night." She added: "His and his friends' phones are both dead."

"We live in Palm Springs, so he would have been driving from Sacramento back home.

"I have filed a missing person report with Sacramento PD, but have not heard anything. If you have seen him or have any information please message me," she wrote.

She added that Acosta's parents have also filed a missing person's report.

"Update—the boys still have not been found. Anthony's parents have now made a missing person report for him. I have posted to my main page as well," Shannon Jendrock wrote.

Clark-Jendrock had been working as a plane ramp operator at Palm Springs International Airport and had previously worked at Unicars Honda in Palm Desert, California.

He attended Palm Desert High School and previously lived in Broomfield, Colorado. He is listed as single on his Facebook profile.

The Sacramento Police Department notified community members that they were searching for the two missing friends. In a Facebook post, they described Clark-Jendrock as being 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighing 130 pounds, he has blond hair and blue eyes. Anthony Acosta is 5 feet 10 inches and 265 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes.

Anyone with information was asked to contact the Sacramento Police Department at +916-808-5471.

Newsweek has emailed Sacramento police and the Aftershock festival for comment and Clark-Jendrock's family for further information. Acosta's family could not be reached for information about the missing man.

Meanwhile, songwriter Camela Leierth-Segura has been found alive in California this week, three months after she went missing, the Beverly Hills Police Department (BHPD) confirmed.

In a statement, the department said: "On October 5, 2023, an anonymous source reported seeing Camela Segura in the City of Santa Monica. The BHPD watch commander requested the Santa Monica Police Department follow up. After SMPD contacted Camela Segura, she informed them that she was not in distress and did not want any police services."

Leierth-Segura, 48, is best known for co-writing the 2013 Katy Perry track "Walking on Air."

She had last been in contact with someone on June 29 in Beverly Hills, according to her missing persons page on the California Department of Justice website.

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