Arroyo Seco

A temporary command post was set up in the Madison School sports field where Margaret used to park her bus.

Dempsey divided the teams into three directions, one group north along Fair Oaks Avenue, one sweeping the Arroyo Seco Canyon area, and the third concentrating around the bus stops and district maintenance yard.

That very first afternoon, the first team reported finding a yellow Chevrolet school bus parked crookedly at the edge of the road about five miles from downtown.

The chassis number matched the bus assigned to Margaret.