Coverage dated October 9, 2026

Investigators search for SNL writer’s missing sister in the Joshua Tree area

Headline from KESQ Palm Springs

JOSHUA TREE, Calif. (KESQ) - Investigators with the Los Angeles Police Department were in the Joshua Tree area continuing their search for a woman missing since December. LAPD officials confirmed to News Channel 3 that Detectives from its Robbery-Homicide Division were conducting a search in the Jos…

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4 articles, oldest first.

  1. NBC Los Angeles

    Authorities searching Joshua Tree area in connection with disappearance of ‘SNL' writer Jimmy Fowlie's sister (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 26: Jimmy Fowlie attends The Queerties Annual Award cocktail reception at HYDE Sunset: Kitchen + Cocktails on February 26, 2019 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Santiago Felipe/Getty Images)

  2. New York Post

    Investigators searching California desert for missing sister of ‘SNL’ writer (opens New York Post)

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    On Oct. 9, officials announced that they were searching Joshua Tree for the missing sister of SNL writer Jimmy Fowlie, Christina Downer, who was last seen in December of 2025.

  3. Fox News

    'SNL' writer's missing sister case leads homicide detectives to Joshua Tree months after family's murder claim (opens Fox News)

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    LAPD homicide detectives searched Joshua Tree for evidence in the disappearance of Christina Downer, sister of "Saturday Night Live" writer Jimmy Fowlie.

  4. KESQ Palm Springs

    Investigators search for SNL writer’s missing sister in the Joshua Tree area (opens KESQ Palm Springs)

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    KESQ Palm Springs's feed description

    JOSHUA TREE, Calif. (KESQ) - Investigators with the Los Angeles Police Department were in the Joshua Tree area continuing their search for a woman missing since December. LAPD officials confirmed to News Channel 3 that Detectives from its Robbery-Homicide Division were conducting a search in the Jos…

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