UPDATED: Report of carjacking victim found in trunk of car in ANF believed unfounded

UPDATE: Investigators determined the report of a kidnapping was false. The involved person may have psychiatric trouble, per officials.

A man was rescued from the trunk of his car near Crystal Lake early Sunday after being carjacked and kidnapped in Chino, authorities said.
U.S. Forest Service officials discovered the man, estimated to be about 30 years old, about 9:30 a.m. in the trunk of his car which was parked along San Gabriel Canyon Road near Crystal Lake, Los Angeles County sheriff’s Deputy Rob Upham said. He was taken to a hospital with unknown injuries, though he was conscious and able to speak with investigators.
The investigation into the incident remained in it’s early stages, however the man indicated he was carjacked in the area of Riverside Drive and Central Avenue some time after 8 p.m. Saturday night, Upham said.
Sheriff’s deputies secured the scene in the forest and turned over the investigation to Chino police.

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