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And in it, she mentions 30-plus people in their camping party.
But according to the report, when Gonzalez arrives, these are the only four from their group that he notes speaking with.
Now, we spoke to a couple of these same people, like Allie, and she said that everyone else, including her boyfriend, who was with them, Ernie, was out searching for Bubba.
Now, the story that these four give starts shaping everything.
They tell the officer that the missing man's a family friend, 67-year-old Daryl Johnson Sr., known as Bubba.
He made the nine-hour drive from Phoenix, Arizona, where he lives, to New Mexico with Vanessa, arriving the day before on Friday to celebrate Roxanne's birthday.
Now, this was a big family-friendly event.
I mean, Roxanne says most of the party were kids under the age of 18.
And everyone was having a great time all day Friday.
And somewhere between 11 p.m.
and midnight, Ali says that she checked on Bubba in his tent before he went to sleep.
He said he was all good.
But then, by 7 a.m., once she was up, Bub was not there.
And not like he had packed up and left, his bag still in Vanessa's car, and he couldn't have left without her anyway because she's the one who drove.
But according to Allie, his phone and wallet were gone too, like all the stuff he normally had on him.
So at first, they thought that maybe he just went to find the bathroom or maybe he took a walk.
But after a few hours pass, they end up reporting him missing.
Gonzalez asked about drinking, medication, anything that would change the urgency.
And they say, no, Bubba doesn't drink.
And this comes up more than once.