The physique of a 20-year-old lady was recovered in Grand Canyon Nationwide Park, marking the third loss of life in a single week, the Nationwide Park Companies (NPS) introduced.
In keeping with a press launch from the NPS, Leticia A. Castillo, 20, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, first went lacking Aug. 3, after coming into the nationwide park.
Authorities found her physique Tuesday, 150 ft under the Canyon’s Twin Overlooks after a multiple-day search.
A photograph from the scene confirmed Castillo’s physique being airlifted by a helicopter. Her physique was transferred to the Coconino County Medical Examiner’s Workplace, the company stated.
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Park rangers recovered the lady’s physique, later recognized as 20-year-old Leticia Castillo of Albuquerque, N.M., which was situated roughly 150 ft under the rim. (Nationwide Park Companies)
A cousin of Castillo’s posted on Fb remembering the 20-year-old for “lighting up any room.”
“Leti, words can not express how much you’re going to be missed,” Alexis Hernandez wrote on Fb. “I love you so much Prima, and I will always cherish all the times I got to spend with you. You would light up any room you walked in.”
A base jumper carrying a wingsuit. (Marco Bertorello/AFP by way of Getty Photos)
Castillo’s loss of life marks the third one on the well-liked vacationer vacation spot spot this week and the eleventh loss of life this 12 months.
On July 31, Abel Joseph Mejia, a 20-year-old from North Carolina who was visiting on a mission journey along with his church, when he stumbled over the sting of the South Rim. He fell 400 ft to his loss of life.
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On Aug. 1, a person died when he fell 500 ft throughout a BASE leap on the Grand Canyon.
The Grand Canyon is seen in Grand Canyon Village, Ariz., on the Yavapai Level. (Patrick Gorski/NurPhoto by way of Getty Photos)
An NPS evaluate of deaths in nationwide parks between 2014 and 2019 discovered that climbing was the second-deadliest leisure exercise behind driving, whereas drowning prompted the second-highest variety of unintentional deaths after motorcar crashes.
Fox Information Digital has reached out to the NPS for remark.
