CANON CITY, Colo. (AP) - Authorities have released the name of a woman who fell about 400 feet to her death at the Royal Gorge Bridge and Park in southern Colorado.
The Fremont County coroner’s office identified the woman Thursday as 45-year-old Denise McLean, of Wylie, Texas. Her death has been ruled an accident.
The Canon City Daily Record reports (https://goo.gl/Zrw80z ) McLean was last seen alive at an observation point on the north side of the Royal Gorge on Monday evening. Her body was recovered from a cliff face below the observation point Tuesday morning.
Coroner Randy Keller says McLean was standing on some rocks next to the gorge and either fell or slipped.
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Information from: Canon City Daily Record, https://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/
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