Newly engaged Monterey couple asks for help in finding lost engagement ring

A newly engaged Monterey couple said they were camping in Big Sur over the weekend when their engagement ring was presumably stolen.

Jen Barker said she went to the Andrew Molera State Park bathroom between 3:30 and 4:30 p.m. Sunday to change clothes and clean sunscreen off of her ring. She walked out of the bathroom without putting the ring back on, rushed back about five minutes later and it was gone.

Barker and her fiance Ken Herringdine said they talked with park rangers, scoured the parking lot, and asked everyone around the area but had no luck.

The couple is hoping that whoever picked up the ring will have a change of heart and return it — no judgement or questions asked. The couple said they’ve been dating for more than five years.

The ring can be returned to Andrew Molera State Park or Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park offices.