Officials have found a body believed to be a man who went missing after hailing a ride share service to Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado last week, a park official says.
A Rocky Mountain National Park spokesperson announced on Thursday, Aug. 14, that authorities found remains likely associated with Blake Kieckhafer, 23, from Omaha, Neb., a day earlier. The body was recovered above Emerald Lake.
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"Rocky Mountain National Park rangers completed an on-scene investigation and recovery operations took place by helicopter," a park spokesperson said in a statement. "His body was flown to a landing zone in Rocky Mountain National Park and transferred to the Larimer County Coroner's Office."
Search efforts began after Kieckhafer's family reported him missing to park rangers on Monday, Aug. 11, a National Park Service spokesperson said in a statement on Tuesday, Aug. 12.
Kieckhafer was last spotted in the Upper Beaver Meadows area of the park on Aug. 7, around 5:20 p.m. local time, when he was dropped off by the ride share service, the NPS spokesperson said.
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"Investigations lead to search efforts being focused in the Emerald Lake area on Wednesday. Over 80 people were involved in yesterday's search efforts," the park spokesperson said.
The Larimer County Coroner's Office will confirm the identity of the body, according to the Rocky Mountain National Park statement.