PHOENIX — A 20-year-old was recently found dead at Grand Canyon National Park after a multi-day search.
Park rangers located the body of Leticia A. Castillo, a resident of New Mexico, about 150 feet below the rim in the Twin Overlooks along Desert View Drive.
VERSIÓN EN ESPAÑOL: Encuentran a una persona de 20 años muerta en el Gran Cañón
Castillo had entered the Grand Canyon on Aug. 3. The National Park Service and Coconino County Medical Examiner is investigating how Castillo died.
Castillo is the third fatality reported at the Grand Canyon within the last week. A BASE jumper died at the park on Aug. 1 and a 20-year-old North Carolina man died on July 31.
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