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TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The assemblage of a Los Angeles woman who was swept distant successful Sequoia National Park successful May has been recovered from the river, the Tulare County Sheriff's Office announced Tuesday.
Deputies reported connected May 25 that 26-year-old Jomarie Calasanz of La Puente was recreating with her friends successful the Kaweah River erstwhile she was swept distant by acold and highly accelerated stream currents.
Multiple agencies responded, including the Sequoia National Park Service (NPS), to hunt for her, but connected June 5, that hunt was scaled down. Deputies reported that the stream conditions and method terrain were unsafe, forcing them to usage different methods specified arsenic drones, canines, and underwater cameras.
Searches continued into July erstwhile the Sheriff’s Swiftwater Dive Rescue Team yet identified a high-interest constituent connected the stream little than a mile beneath wherever Calasanz was past seen.
A thorough hunt of the country was conducted successful aboriginal July; but owed to the high-water flows, deputies were incapable to find her. After h2o calculations were conducted, deputies determined July 24 was the archetypal and champion accidental to safely find her.
On July 24, deputies reported a assemblage was recovered from the river; connected July 28, the coroner's bureau confirmed it was Calasanz.
“I americium highly grateful for the coordination, support, and determination by the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office and our NPS squad successful the continued hunt for Jomarie,” Superintendent Clay Jordan said. “I anticipation this brings immoderate level of closure to the family.”
