Missing Sacramento couple found - UPI.com SACRAMENTO, Feb. 16 (UPI) -- A missing Sacramento couple was found by volunteer rescuers and a California Highway Patrol helicopter crew after being gone for three days, officials said. Mark Schroeder, 55, and Janette DeGrace, 52, were found in the snowy, rugged foothills of Placer County Wednesday, The Sacramento Bee reported. The couple was reported seen by a witness in the wine country of southern El Dorado County, 60 miles away from where they were found. Friends and relatives said Schroeder and DeGrace actually went to a remote mountain bar called Uncle Tom's Cabin Sunday. On their way home, Schroeder's Porsche got stuck in the snow and the couple spent three nights in the car. They rationed their snacks and occasionally turned on the car's engine to stay warm. Schroeder left the car to get help Wednesday because DeGrace suffers from a pancreas condition and was without medication. "He hiked away from the car because he felt he had to take the chance to get the cellphone to work," said Schroeder's coworker and friend Jim Jungsten. He said he was going to try to save her. Jungsten said Schroeder hiked for six miles, sometimes through deep snow, to a hilltop where he got a cellphone signal and called 911. Rescuers picked him up above Foresthill and a helicopter retrieved DeGrace. They were in good spirits. They were happy to be found and get out of there," said CHP Air Officer Kevin Neeley, a paramedic who helped rescue the couple.