Multi-Day Search for Woman in Grand Canyon Ends Tragically

Leticia Castillo of New Mexico found dead
By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff
Posted Aug 12, 2024 2:00 AM CDT
Multi-Day Search for Woman in Grand Canyon Ends Tragically
In this image provided by the National Parks Service, a helicopter flies above the Grand Canyon as authorities recover the body of a Leticia A. Castillo, 20, of Albuquerque, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. at Grand Canyon National Park, Ariz.   (National Parks Service via AP)

Three people died at the Grand Canyon in less than a week, with the latest death being that of a 20-year-old Albuquerque woman who is believed to have entered the canyon on or around August 3. Leticia Castillo went missing, prompting a multi-day search, and her body was found Tuesday, the Guardian reports. Her death is the third at the national park since July 31, when a college student fell to his death from the rim the day before a BASE jumper died while trying to parachute into the park. No additional details about Castillo's death have yet been released; it remains under investigation, WLBT reports. (Amid high temperatures, three hikers died in the Grand Canyon over a three-week period earlier in the summer.)

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