TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - The body of a missing hiker has been found in Tucson’s Saguaro National Park West and authorities believe the death may be heat related.
Pima County Sheriff’s officials say search-and-rescue teams and a helicopter were called around 5 p.m. Saturday to look for a 57-year-old man who had gone missing while hiking on the Hugh Norris Trailhead.
Authorities say the man had separated from his hiking group before noon in 95-degree weather.
Searchers found the man dead about a quarter-mile from the trailhead around 8 p.m. Saturday.
Sheriff’s officials say searchers found an empty water bottle and an empty water container with the man, whose name hasn’t been released yet.
The body was taken to the county’s Office of the Medical Examiner for an autopsy. No results were available Tuesday.
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