Yavapai Geology Museum

[Dschur]

Rangers Recovering Body from below Rim at Grand Canyon National Park


Date: February 10, 2011
Contact: Shannan Marcak, 928-638-7958



Grand Canyon, Ariz. – On Wednesday, February 9, at approximately 4:00 p.m., the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a report of a separated party in the vicinity of the Yavapai Geology Museum. The reporting party stated that upon his return from the men's room, he could not locate his wife.

Almost an hour later, park rangers spotted a body, currently believed to be that of the missing woman, approximately 600 feet below the rim just east of the Geology Museum.

Due to waning light and quickly dropping temperatures, a decision was made to wait until this morning to send rangers in to recover the body. Rangers are hiking into the body at this time in order to document the scene and prepare the body for transport.

The body will be transported to the rim via helicopter where it will be met by the Coconino County Medical Examiner.

The National Park Service is conducting an investigation into the incident. No further information is available at this time.

[Alston_Neal]

Wow how weird. The guy goes to the restroom and comes out to his wife missing. Sad.

[azbackpackr]

Pushed, fell or jumped.

[Alston_Neal]

My thoughts exactly. Somethin ain't right.

[big_load]

My thoughts exactly. Somethin ain't right.

Yeah, I bet the husband had to answer a lot of pointed questions. I wonder if we've heard the end of it.

[hikeaz]

Grand Canyon National Park (AZ)
Visitor Falls To Her Death Off South RimPark dispatch received a report of a missing woman in the vicinity of the Yavapai Geology Museum on the afternoon of Wednesday, February 9th. The caller said that he’d gone to the men’s room and was unable to find his wife when he returned. About an hour later, rangers spotted a body, believed to be that of the missing woman, about 600 feet below the rim just east of the museum. Due to waning light and quickly dropping temperatures, a decision was made to wait until Wednesday morning to send rangers in to recover the body. It was then flown to the rim and turned over to the county medical examiner.

[azbackpackr]

Remember Bob Spangler? You can bet the Park does. Read about him in Death in Grand Canyon.

Aw, heck, maybe the poor gal just went to take a photo and slipped. Who knows?

[Alston_Neal]

My thoughts exactly. Somethin ain't right.

Yeah, I bet the husband had to answer a lot of pointed questions. I wonder if we've heard the end of it.

This is a perfect example of why we need surveilance cameras in bathrooms.
Proof positive if it was a #1 or a #2.

[big_load]

My thoughts exactly. Somethin ain't right.

Yeah, I bet the husband had to answer a lot of pointed questions. I wonder if we've heard the end of it.

This is a perfect example of why we need surveilance cameras in bathrooms.
Proof positive if it was a #1 or a #2.

They don't need surveillance cameras, it was probably all captured in audio on somebody's cell phone.