"The identification process for the body located on Mt. Baldy on June 24, 2023, has been completed and was positively identified as 65-year-old Julian Sands of North Hollywood," the sheriff's office said in an advisory.
The manner of Sands' death is still under investigation and pending further test results, the advisory said.
On Saturday morning, hikers reported to authorities that they found Sands' remains in the Mt. Baldy wilderness area.