New Hampshire hiker nonetheless lacking days after vanishing amid freezing temps

An intense search was underway in New Hampshire on Tuesday for a 20-year-old hiker who vanished amid freezing temperatures over the weekend.

Emily Sotelo had been gearing as much as hike Mount Lafayette, Haystack and Flume within the White Mountains of New Hampshire simply previous to her disappearance.

She was final seen getting dropped off Sunday morning at Lafayette Place Campground in Franconia. On the time, Sotelo had been sporting “a brown jacket, sneakers and train pants,” based on the New Hampshire Fish and Recreation Legislation Enforcement Division and the anti-poaching program Operation Recreation Thief.

Officers mentioned she stands at 5-foot-3 and weighs about 115 kilos. She’s described as having brown hair and blue eyes. Her dad and mom instructed WMUR that whereas Sotelo was an skilled hiker and that she hardly ever made journeys within the winter months.

Three totally different search groups have been referred to as to the realm after Sotelo did not return from her trek late Sunday.

By the top of the evening, temps within the space dropped properly beneath freezing, mentioned the Pemigewasset Valley Search and Rescue Workforce, which is coordinating the search.

Since her disappearance, “over 60 floor searchers, plus air help and incident command, representing a number of governmental businesses and NH SAR groups” have joined the hassle.

With Information Wire Providers