Herald staff
GOLD BAR – Search and rescue volunteers today recovered the body of a woman who disappeared while hiking at Wallace Falls State Park.
The woman, in her early 40s, apparently climbed over a fence and went to the water’s edge at the middle falls and apparently fell about 262 feet, Snohomish County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Jan Jorgensen said.
Her name was withheld pending an autopsy and positive identification of the body.
A search and rescue helicopter spotted the woman’s body in the Wallace River about 2 p.m. downstream from a pool below the falls, she said. Snohomish and King County rescuers used divers and a system of ropes and pulleys to recover the body about 2 p.m.
Talk to us
- You can tell us about news and ask us about our journalism by emailing newstips@heraldnet.com or by calling 425-339-3428.
- If you have an opinion you wish to share for publication, send a letter to the editor to letters@heraldnet.com or by regular mail to The Daily Herald, Letters, P.O. Box 930, Everett, WA 98206.
- More contact information is here.
