Tseng was last seen below Havasu Rapids, River Mile 157, after falling from a ledge into the river on Friday, June 27th.
Rangers used the park’s helicopter and boat to search the river corridor and area trails for two days after Tseng was reported missing. With no additional clues to guide search efforts on land, the search was eventually scaled back to a continuous, but limited mode in which rangers and pilots continued to search for clues when in the area.
On Friday, July 4, a commercial river trip reported finding a man’s body in the river at approximately River Mile 182. Park rangers responded and recovered the body, which was transported to the rim by helicopter and transferred to the Coconino County Medical Examiner.
The Medical Examiner’s Office has confirmed that the body was that of 68-year old Victor Tseng of Phoenix, Arizona.
On July 11, at 2:20 p.m. the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a 911 call from a visitor reporting CPR in progress on a male hiker on the North Kaibab Trail.
National Park Service personnel responded to the scene and continued CPR, however all efforts to resuscitate the victim were unsuccessful. The individual was located approximately one-half mile down trail from the North Kaibab Trailhead.
An investigation into the incident is being conducted by the National Park Service in coordination with the Coconino County Medical Examiner.