Missing Massachusetts Hiker Found Dead on NH Mountain - NBC10 Boston

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A hiker who went missing successful New Hampshire past weekend was recovered dormant connected Wednesday morning, officials said.

Emily Sotelo, 19, of Westford, Massachusetts, was dropped disconnected Sunday greeting astatine a Franconia Notch State Park campground, the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department said. Her hiking way included Mount Lafayette, Haystack, and Flume. The Boston Globe said she was attempting to decorativeness hiking all 48 of the 4,000-foot mountains successful New Hampshire earlier her 20th day this week.

Capt. Michael Eastman of New Hampshire Fish and Game's Law Enforcement Division said Sotelo was recovered astir 11 a.m. by Fish and Game conservation officers connected Mount Lafayette and was taken disconnected the upland by the New Hampshire National Guard.

He said she was located betwixt Lafayette Brook and the mountain's summit. Search crews had recovered immoderate denotation Tuesday that she had gone into that country but ran retired of daylight and resumed their hunt connected Wednesday.

"It looks similar she had been blown disconnected the apical of the upland successful the precocious winds and acold temperatures," Eastman said.

She appears to person died of vulnerability to the elements, helium added.

Eastman had said earlier Wednesday that the hunt had switched to a betterment effort, arsenic it was improbable she could person survived the zero grade temperatures and 40 mph upwind gusts for aggregate days.

Sotelo's household is successful New Hampshire but did not instrumentality portion successful the hunt owed to the conditions, helium said. Her parent came up to New Hampshire with her girl originally, and her begetter and sister are determination present arsenic well.

Searchers started looking for Sotelo aboriginal Sunday, aft she did not return. As galore arsenic 50 search-and-rescue teams continued Monday and Tuesday. A National Guard Blackhawk chopper and K9 units besides took portion successful the search.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.