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Woman dies in fall from U.P. cliff
From http://www.mlive.com/news/grpress/index.ssf?/base/news-30/1151217891216880.xml&coll=6
Juanita Richardson died when she plummeted nearly 200 feet from the Pictured Rocks cliffs in the Upper Peninsula, where she had been sightseeing with her husband of 21 years, Thomas Richardson.
The woman had been hiking near Miners Castle, a landmark rock formation, Thursday with her husband when they stopped, and the woman began eating a snack around 11 a.m.
The two had been vacationing in the U.P. and also had visited the Keweenaw Peninsula, according to police.
"He said he had stepped away and gone to the bathroom and, when he got back, she was nowhere to be found," Blank said. "He looked over the ledge and saw her."
The husband went to a park visitor center and reported his wife had fallen. Rangers discovered the body near the waterline. They also discovered what is believed to be her snack and drink containers, along with her flip-flop shoe stuck in a tree below the cliff.
(I have to wonder about her having 'fallen.' I suppose it's possible, but....??)
From http://www.mlive.com/news/grpress/index.ssf?/base/news-30/1151217891216880.xml&coll=6
Juanita Richardson died when she plummeted nearly 200 feet from the Pictured Rocks cliffs in the Upper Peninsula, where she had been sightseeing with her husband of 21 years, Thomas Richardson.
The woman had been hiking near Miners Castle, a landmark rock formation, Thursday with her husband when they stopped, and the woman began eating a snack around 11 a.m.
The two had been vacationing in the U.P. and also had visited the Keweenaw Peninsula, according to police.
"He said he had stepped away and gone to the bathroom and, when he got back, she was nowhere to be found," Blank said. "He looked over the ledge and saw her."
The husband went to a park visitor center and reported his wife had fallen. Rangers discovered the body near the waterline. They also discovered what is believed to be her snack and drink containers, along with her flip-flop shoe stuck in a tree below the cliff.
(I have to wonder about her having 'fallen.' I suppose it's possible, but....??)