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Missing boater found dead in Colorado River, 16th fatality at Grand Canyon National Park this year
The body of a missing boater was recovered Tuesday from the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park, the eighth death in the park in less than a month and 16th fatality so far this year.
The latest death is believed to be a 71-year-old man who disappeared while on a private boat trip near Lower Nankoweap Camp along the Colorado River, the National Park Service said.
The man’s group called the park’s communications center late Monday and reported him missing.
Park rangers used a helicopter Tuesday to locate the body about 10 miles downstream.
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Park Rangers recovered the missing boaters body from the Colorado River about 10 miles from the Lower Nankoweap Camp. (U.S. National Park Service)
The man’s name and hometown weren’t immediately released.
The National Park Service and the Coconino County medical examiner’s office are investigating the death.
Officials are also investigating the death of Patrick Horton, a 59-year-old resident of Salida, Colorado, after members of his group found him dead over the weekend while on the tenth day of a non-commercial river trip along the Colorado River.
A Colorado man, identified as 59-year-old Patrick Horton, was also found dead over the weekend at the Grand Canyon National Park, officials said. (National Park Service)
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Horton and the boater found Tuesday are believed to be the seventh and eight people to die in the park in less than a month. The death of the missing boater is believed to be the 16th fatality at the popular tourist destination so far this year.
Park officials reported 11 fatalities in 2023 and said there are usually about 10 to 15 deaths per year.
The body of a 60-year-old North Carolina man was found at the Grand Canyon National Park last month after he set off on the Thunder River Trail-Deer Creek loop. (NPS Photo/M. Graden)
The previous deaths from last month include a 60-year-old North Carolina man on a solo backpacking trip found dead near a remote trail along the Colorado River, an 80-year-old man who died on a commercial river trip after falling from a boat into the river near Fossil Rapid, and a 33-year-old woman who was also found that day after a flash flood swept her away while hiking.
A 20-year-old New Mexico woman was found Aug. 8 below Twin Overlooks; a 43-year-old Missouri man died Aug. 1 while attempting a prohibited BASE jump from Yavapai Point; and a 20-year-old North Carolina man fell to his death July 31 at the South Rim.
Fox News Digital’s Louis Casiano and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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A soldier from Fontana has been charged with murder in the death of another soldier at Fort Irwin in San Bernardino County.
Spc. George Cornejo, 26, is accused of killing Spc. Andrew P. Smith on Oct. 28, military officials said in a press release.
Smith, 27, was found injured in his residence that day and later succumbed to his wounds, officials said when announcing his death. The Rye, New York, native had been stationed at Fort Irwin for more than two years.
The manner and possible motivation for the alleged murder were not released.
Cornejo has been in pre-trial custody since Oct. 29, and he’s expected to be transferred to the Naval Consolidated Brig in Miramar.
A preliminary hearing will be held to determine if Cornejo will be tried by court-martial.
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Texas man convicted after saying he mutilated victims, ate human heart as part of 'ritualistic sacrifices'
A Texas man was convicted of killing three people, dismembering them and burning their bodies after admitting to investigators that he was called to “commit sacrifices.”
Jason Thornburg was found guilty of capital murder on Wednesday and now, the same Tarrant County jury that convicted him must determine whether he receives a death sentence or if he will spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole, according to Fox 4.
In September 2021, Thornburg killed three people, dismembered their bodies and stored them under his bed at a motel in Euless, Texas, before lighting the bodies on fire inside a dumpster in Fort Worth.
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Jason Thornburg (Tarrant County Jail)
Thornburg confessed to investigators that he felt a compulsion to commit “ritualistic sacrifices” and that he ate a victim’s heart and other parts of the victims’ bodies.
His attorneys argued he was insane when he carried out the murders and suffered from a severe mental disease.
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Thornburg confessed to investigators that he was being called to “commit sacrifices” and that he ate a victim’s heart and other parts of the victims’ bodies. (iStock)
When he was arrested on murder allegations, Thornburg confessed to police he killed his roommate in May 2021 during a suspicious home explosion and his girlfriend in Arizona back in 2017.
These two previous murders were brought up in court on Thursday when the punishment aspect of the trial began.
The jury must now determine whether he receives a death sentence or if he will spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole. (iStock)
The victims’ families cannot speak publicly until the punishment phase is finished.
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Two people were taken to the hospital after a vehicle they were inside plunged into the harbor Sunday night in Marina Del Rey, officials confirmed to KTLA.
Details are limited and It’s unclear exactly how the incident occurred, but authorities with the Los Angeles County Fire Department responded to 4675 Admiralty Way just after 6 p.m. on reports of the vehicle in the water.
L.A. County Fire Department Public Information Officer Marco Rodriguez said the two occupants were able to get themselves out of the vehicle after it went into the water.
Both were examined by medical personnel with the fire department and taken to a nearby hospital in unknown condition.
Rodriguez said that two L.A. County Lifeguard divers were deployed to ensure there were no other occupants trapped in the vehicle.
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Crews with L.A. County Fire work to pull a vehicle out of the harbor in Marina del Rey. (KTLA) -
Crews with L.A. County Fire work to pull a vehicle out of the harbor in Marina del Rey. (KTLA) -
Crews with L.A. County Fire work to pull a vehicle out of the harbor in Marina del Rey. (KTLA) -
Crews with L.A. County Fire work to pull a vehicle out of the harbor in Marina del Rey. (KTLA) -
Crews with L.A. County Fire work to pull a vehicle out of the harbor in Marina del Rey. (KTLA) -
Crews with L.A. County Fire work to pull a vehicle out of the harbor in Marina del Rey. (KTLA) -
Crews with L.A. County Fire work to pull a vehicle out of the harbor in Marina del Rey. (KTLA)
A witness, Johnny Hamcheck, told KTLA that a third person, a woman, exited the vehicle before it went into water, though officials did not confirm that detail.
Footage of the recovery effort showed crews attaching large yellow floating devices to the vehicle as it was anchored to a crane and eventually pulled out of the water and loaded onto a tow truck.
The vehicle showed heavy front-end damage, presumably from crashing through the steel railing and into the water.
An investigation into the crash is ongoing and no further details were provided.
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