The body of a 20-year-old New Mexico woman was found at the Grand Canyon Tuesday, marking the third person to be found dead in the last week.
Leticia A. Castillo, 20, of Albuquerque was found below Twin Overlooks along Desert View Drive following a multi-day search, according to the National Park Service.
Investigators believe she entered the Grand Canyon on or around Saturday, Aug. 3.
Park rangers said her body was taken to the rim and transferred to the Coconino County Medical Examiner’s Office.
The National Park Service and the medical examiner are investigating. Additional information was not available.
“Since July 31, the Grand Canyon Search and Rescue team has handled three technical rescue recoveries,” NPS wrote in a statement. “Despite facing inclement weather and hazardous terrain, the team has undertaken significant risks to complete these missions.”
Abel Joseph Mejia, 20, from Hickory, N.C., died in a 400-foot fall from the rim about a quarter of a mile west of Pipe Creek Overlook on Wednesday, July 31.
“Mr. Mejia was near the edge of the rim when he suffered an accidental fall,” NPS noted.
Turning Point Pentecostal Church said Meija was on a mission trip when he died.
An unidentified man died Thursday, Aug. 1 after attempting an illegal BASE jump with a parachute at Yavapai Point on the canyon’s South Rim.
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