LAKE HAVASU CITY, Arizona — A hiker has been found dead after getting lost on trails in a 1,100-acre regional park in Lake Havasu City. Officials have identified the man as 31-year-old Kyle Matthew Movius of Irvine, California.
Mohave County Sheriff's officials said Movius became separated from a group of three other out-of-town hikers and his body was located Saturday afternoon.
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Authorities said the four hikers called 911 around 2:30 p.m. Friday to say they were lost, out of water and showing signs of heat exhaustion in 104-degree conditions.
Besides the 31-year-old man, the other hikers were a 61-year-old man and two women, ages 63 and 27. Officials said that the group was from out of town and as such, they were unfamiliar with the dangers of hiking in the heat.
City fire rescue crews found three hikers near a trail and sent the two women to a hospital for treatment of hydration.
The 61-year-old man told authorities about the 31-year-old man who left the group to find the trailhead.
The man was found dead at roughly 10:20 a.m. off the trail system in a desert wilderness area of Lake Havasu City, which is in northwestern Arizona.
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