
Father and daughter found dead at Canyonlands National Park after getting lost, running out of water in triple-digit heat
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Albino Herrera Espinoza and Beatriz Herrera found dead in Canyonlands National Park in Utah on Friday after running out of water, getting lost in triple digit heat.
A Wisconsin man and his daughter were found dead in Canyonlands National Park in Utah on Friday after the pair got lost and ran out of water while hiking amid soaring temperatures. Albino Herrera Espinoza, 52, and his daughter, Beatriz Herrera, 23, were visiting the southeast Utah park from their home in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and hiking the Syncline Loop Trail where the temperature at the time was over 100 degrees, according to the National Park Service. Espinoza is the owner of El Sarape, a well-known Mexican restaurant in Green Bay, CNN affiliate WGBA reported. The pair were found deceased just 15 minutes apart Friday shortly before 6 p.m. after the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office was notified by the National Park Service “of a deceased hiker in the Upheaval Dome area of Canyonlands National Park,” a news release from the sheriff’s office said. NPS rangers and a helicopter crew from the Bureau of Land Management Moab District responded and initiated a search operation, according the park service. It’s unclear how long the father and daughter were lost in the park, located about 250 miles from Salt Lake City, or how long it took authorities to find them after they died.