Death in Zion National Park
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Scott, Walter
48
September 17, 1961
Drowned, flash flood
Narrows of the Virgin River
Harrison, Dana
11
June 22, 1962
Fell from a cliff
Lady Mountain
Hillery, Ronald
15
October 10, 1965
Climbing accident
Lodge Canyon
Newman, Jean Helen
37
July 23, 1967
Auto accident
Utah 15 (now Utah 9)
Newman, John W.
46
July 23, 1967
Auto accident
Utah 15 (now Utah 9)
Casalou, Robert
13
March 3, 1968
Fell at Upper Pool
Emerald Pools trail
Chin, Norman
54
September 22, 1969
Fell
East Rim Trail
Michael Rose, Steven
21
June 6, 1972
Motorcycle accident
Zion–Mt. Carmel Tunnel
Miller, Steven Lee
26
August 9, 1973
Fell from a cliff
Unnamed cliff
Hoff, Harvey Frank
29
May 26, 1974
Motorcycle accident
Inside a tunnel
Bourne, David
20
March 16, 1978
Fell
Observation Point
Brereton, Thomas
42
April 13, 1979
Fell when a rock broke
West Temple
Russell, John
19
October 16, 1983
Fell from Middle Emerald Pool
Emerald Pools trail
Cooke, James F.
35
April 13, 1986
Bicycle accident
Zion–Mt. Carmel Tunnel
Campbell, Glen
23
November 6, 1987
Plane crash
Northern edge of park
Keller, Michelle
24
November 6, 1987
Plane crash
Northern edge of park
Woolsey, Brad
24
November 6, 1987
Plane crash
Northern edge of park
Dwyer, Jeffrey Robert
28
April 2, 1989
Fell, possible suicide
Angels Landing
Bryant, David Faulkner
32
October 13, 1992
Rappelling accident
Subway (Left Fork of North Creek)
Phillips, Affin William
21
May 13, 1993
Fell, hiking alone
Taylor Creek
Ellis, Kim
37
July 15, 1993
Drowned
Kolob Creek
Fleischer, David Gary
28
July 15, 1993
Drowned
Kolob Creek
Dyer, Marco
29
July 16, 1994
Motorcycle accident
Zion–Mt. Carmel Tunnel
Price, Larry
35
November 22, 1994
Fell
Court of the Patriarchs
Christensen, John Michael
36
January 1, 1997
Rappelling accident
Angels Landing
Eggertz, Tyler Jeffrey
12
March 28, 1997
Fell down a waterfall
Middle Emerald Pool
Bottarini, Patricia
36
May 9, 1997
Fell, husband acquitted of homicide
East Rim Observation Point
Algan, Ramsey E.
27
July 27, 1998
Drowned
Narrows of the Virgin River
Garcia, Paul
31
July 27, 1998
Drowned
Narrows of the Virgin River
Tuell, Shawn
27
August 1, 1998
Fell off slickrock
Hidden Canyon
Simpson, Sasha
20
January 21, 1999
Fell while rappelling
Lodge Canyon
Sender, Georg
63
August 2, 2000
Fell
Angels Landing
Muñoz, Michael
10
May 10, 2001
Fell, flash flood
Canyon Overlook Trail (Pine Creek Canyon)
Lewis, Penny
37
May 16, 2001
Fell, hiking alone
Subway (Left Fork of North Creek)
Tamin, Roselan
35
May 21, 2002
Climbing accident
Spaceshot
Kaiser, Dorothy
66
January 19, 2003
Fell, hiking alone; possible suicide
Scout Lookout
Frankewicz, Christopher
37
September 5, 2003
Climbing accident
Behunin Canyon
Goebel, John
23
March 16, 2004
Accident resulting from drunkenness
Virgin River
Morrow, Colin Robert
21
March 28, 2004
Motorcycle accident
Zion–Mt. Carmel Tunnel
Padilla, Aaron J.
21
March 28, 2004
Motorcycle accident
Zion–Mt. Carmel Tunnel
Jones, Kristoffer
14
June 25, 2004
Fell off a cliff
Angels Landing
Vander Meer, Bernadette
29
August 22, 2006
Hiking accident
Angels Landing
Biedermann, Keith
48
June 4, 2007
Fell while rappelling
Heaps Canyon
Goldstein, Barry S.
53
June 8, 2007
Hiking accident
Angels Landing
Ertischek, Mark
60
June 9, 2007
Heart attack
Angels Landing
Welton, James Martin
34
October 17, 2008
Climbing accident
Touchstone
Forster, Craig
55
November 28, 2008
Fell
Unnamed side canyon off Utah 9
Brigham, David
48
February 25, 2009
Suicide
Canyon Overlook
Maltez, Nancy
55
August 9, 2009
Hiking accident
Angels Landing
Grunig, Tammy
50
November 27, 2009
Hiking accident
Angels Landing
Chidester, Daniel
23
April 25, 2010
Drowned
Narrows of the Virgin River
Scaffidi, Jesse
23
April 25, 2010
Drowned
Narrows of the Virgin River
Milobedzki, Regine
63
April 27, 2010
Fell, hiking alone
Scout Lookout
Buxton, Corey
17
July 22, 2010
Hyperthermia
Hop Valley Trail
Hosobuchi, Yoshio
74
September 18, 2012
Canyoneering accident
Subway (Left Fork of North Creek)
Hurd III, Lyle David
49
October 26, 2012
Climbing accident
Northeast Buttress (below Angels Landing)
Schena, Scott
22
July 20, 2013
Climbing accident
Employee Falls
Johnson, Karen
51
July 26, 2013
Model T flipped over
Utah 9, just outside the park
Haas, Cheri
47
September 5, 2013
Canyoneering accident
Subway (Left Fork of North Creek)
Bellows, Amber
28
February 8, 2014
BASE jumping accident
Mount Kinesava
Leary, Sean
38
March 13, 2014
BASE jumping accident
Three Marys (West Temple area)
Yoshi Vo, Douglas
34
September 27, 2014
Drowned
Narrows of the Virgin River
Spencer, Christopher
47
October 19, 2014
Climbing accident
Iron Messiah route
Artmann, Bryan
24
July 12, 2015
Canyoneering accident
Heaps Canyon
Arthur, Linda
57
September 14, 2015
Drowned, flash flood
Keyhole Canyon
Arthur, Steve
58
September 14, 2015
Drowned, flash flood
Keyhole Canyon
Brum, Robin
September 14, 2015
Drowned, flash flood
Keyhole Canyon
Favela, Gary
51
September 14, 2015
Drowned, flash flood
Keyhole Canyon
MacKenzie, Mark
56
September 14, 2015
Drowned, flash flood
Keyhole Canyon
Reynolds, Muku
59
September 14, 2015
Drowned, flash flood
Keyhole Canyon
Teichner, Don
55
September 14, 2015
Drowned, flash flood
Keyhole Canyon
Johnson, Christian Louis
50
October 2, 2015
Rappelling accident
Not Imlay Canyon
Klimt, Eric Michael
36
March 9, 2016
Climbing accident
Moonlight Buttress
Bibliography
Chapter 1
Associated Press. “Zion National Park Hiker, Douglas Yoshi Vo, Killed by Flooding at Utah Park, Authorities Say.” Weather.com, September 30, 2014. Accessed July 29, 2016. https://weather.com/travel/news/zion-national-park-flooding-hiker-dies-20140930.
“Bodies Found in Zion Identified.” National Park Service news release, April 28, 2010. Accessed July 29, 2016. www.nps.gov/zion/learn/news/bodies-found-in-zion-identified.htm.