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(Updated details from Facebook, GoFund Me, and previous reports by KIBS/KBOV News)
The brother of rescued hiker Emily Henkel posted on Facebook a GoFundMe page has been set up on behalf of the couple and the families.
Henkle’s boyfriend, Alexander Lofgren, both of Tucson, succumbed to his injuries before he could be rescued by Inyo County Search and Rescue on Friday. This after Thursday’s aerial rescuers were unable to repel close enough to the couple to assist, Henkle suffered a severe foot injury.
After the couple didn’t return on their planned date, Inyo County Sheriff’s Office organized a multi-day search by numerous agencies, both by air and on the ground, checking every pull out along Hwy. 190 – their planned route,
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Tragedy in Death Valley: Husband dies stranded in US desert
11 Apr, 2021 08:41 PM
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Alexander Lofgren and Emily Henkel after suffering two flat tyres in the California Desert. Photo / Supplied, Office of Raúl Grijalva
Alexander Lofgren and Emily Henkel after suffering two flat tyres in the California Desert. Photo / Supplied, Office of Raúl Grijalva
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An Arizona tourist died and his wife was rescued Friday after their vehicle got two flat tires and they went missing in Death Valley National Park in California.
Alexander Lofgren, 32, and Emily Henkel, 27, were found on a steep ledge near Willow Creek in the desert park, but Lofgren was dead, according to a statement from the Inyo Creek Sheriff s Office.
Arizona Congressional Aide Found Dead on Steep Death Valley Ledge
An Arizona congressional aide has been found dead days after he and his girlfriend went missing while on a camping trip in Death Valley, officials have confirmed.
Alexander Lofgren, 32, an aide to Rep. Raul M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.), was pronounced dead and his girlfriend Emily Henkel, 27, was airlifted to a hospital on Thursday for medical treatment. The couple were found on a “very steep ledge” in a remote area of Death Valley National Park near Willlow Creek, the Inyo County Sheriff’s Office said in a release.
Inyo County search and rescue team members located the pair on Wednesday via aerial reconnaissance, and after a failed hoist operation due to the “extreme location,” were able to reach them at around 11:40 a.m. local time Thursday.