Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Bad News
Hiker Devin Ossman was found dead in Mt Rainier National Park.
Also, the hiker found in The San Bernadino's was identified.

Other hikers spotted the body of William Lyall Spearman about 8 a.m. Monday in a mountainous area known as the Big Horn Sheep Reserve and notified Cathedral City police, said Sgt. David Florez of the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.

Due to the terrain, the county Desert Search and Rescue team and the sheriff's Aviation Unit were summoned to recover the body.

The rescue party had to hike into the canyons and climb roughly 75 feet, Florez said, adding that the body was transported out of the area in a sheriff's helicopter.

An initial investigation determined that the hiker may have have died of natural causes, he said.

My condolences to their friends and families.


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