{"id":106730,"date":"2024-08-10T00:03:55","date_gmt":"2024-08-10T00:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/20-year-old-woman-found-dead-in-grand-canyon-following-multiday-search-nps\/"},"modified":"2024-08-10T00:03:55","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T00:03:55","slug":"20-year-old-woman-found-dead-in-grand-canyon-following-multiday-search-nps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/20-year-old-woman-found-dead-in-grand-canyon-following-multiday-search-nps\/","title":{"rendered":"20-year-old woman found dead in Grand Canyon following multiday search: NPS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-08-09\/NationalParkService_Helicopter_08092.png\" alt><figcaption>National Park Service<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>(ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.) &#8212; A 20-year-old woman was found dead following a multiday search in the Grand Canyon, marking the third reported death in the national park within a week, the National Park Service said.<\/p>\n<p>The body of Leticia A. Castillo, 20, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, was located by park personnel below Twin Overlooks on Tuesday, NPS said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Park rangers recovered the body which was located approximately 150 ft. below the rim,&#8221; the NPS said in a press release Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Her body was transported to the rim and transferred to the Coconino County Medical Examiner&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p>Castillo is believed to have entered the Grand Canyon on or around Aug. 3, according to NPS.<\/p>\n<p>The NPS and the Coconino County medical examiner are investigating the incident.<\/p>\n<p>No additional details have been released.<\/p>\n<p>The incident marked the third recovery for a death in the Grand Canyon since July 31, park officials said.<\/p>\n<p>A 20-year-old man accidentally fell 400 feet to his death from a scenic overlook at the Grand Canyon on July 31, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>A man also died after attempting a BASE jump in the Grand Canyon on Aug. 1, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>BASE is an acronym for building, antenna, span and earth. The recreational sport, which involves jumping from a fixed object and using a parachute to descend to the ground, is prohibited in all areas of Grand Canyon National Park, the NPS said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Despite facing inclement weather and hazardous terrain, the team has undertaken significant risks to complete these missions,&#8221; NPS said of the three recoveries.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Park Service (ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.) &#8212; A 20-year-old woman was found dead following a multiday search in the Grand Canyon, marking the third reported death in the national park within a week, the National Park Service said. The body of Leticia A. Castillo, 20, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, was located<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/20-year-old-woman-found-dead-in-grand-canyon-following-multiday-search-nps\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,31,2],"tags":[273,271,276,274,270,123,275,133,124,272,102,103],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106730"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106730\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}