California musician and wife found dead in Mojave desert

A longtime California musician and his spouse have been discovered lifeless on a desert grime street in the midst of the Mojave Desert.

The our bodies of Larry and Betty Petree have been found Sunday afternoon east of California Metropolis, in accordance with KGET. Larry Petree’s physique was within the driver’s seat whereas Betty was discovered exterior the couple’s automotive, leaning in opposition to the rear tire.

Kern County Sheriff’s Workplace, who didn’t instantly determine the Petree’s, doesn’t suspect legal exercise performed an element within the couple’s dying.

The Petrees, who had been married for over 60 years, are believed to have run out of gasoline and have been stranded, in accordance with the outlet.

Larry Petree, 88, had simply carried out with the band the Soda Crackers on the Bakersfield Music Corridor of Fame profit live performance on July 30. He was a beloved musician of the Bakersfield Sound period within the Fifties and performed pedal metal guitar.

Kim Hays, a pal of the couple, mentioned her shock concerning the Petree’s tragic passing with KGET.

“He all the time had a smile on his face,” Hays informed the outlet. “He was only a sweetheart of a man and he was all the time there to assist different folks. I simply can’t consider they’re gone and in such a weird style.”

Zane Adamo, the fiddler of the Soda Crackers, mourned Larry Petree’s loss on social media.

“We had the glory of getting Larry as our metal guitarist at our first ever present in Bakersfield,” Adamo stated on Fb.

“And had the even higher honor of enjoying with him for his final present a couple of weeks in the past. We ship our condolences to the Petree household and the higher Bakersfield Sound neighborhood.”

Kern County Sheriff’s Workplace stated it’s going to launch the Petree’s reason for dying at “a later date.”