PEORIA, Ariz. — The family members of 20-year-old Luke Wuennenberg, a Peoria hiker previously ruled missing, are breathing a sigh of relief. After five days of being missing in the desert mountains of northwest Peoria, he sought help from a stranger on Thursday night and is now safe.
Wuennenberg’s disappearance on Saturday afternoon came as his family said he was setting out on a hike in the mountains west of the Vistancia neighborhoods, not far from his own home.
For multiple days, Peoria police and the Maricopa County Sheriff’s office deployed air and ground resources in search of him. Hundreds of volunteers also devoted their time to scouring the desert from Saturday to Thursday…