Spanish authorities have located a missing American hiker’s body and suspect he fell down a mountain, according to local media.
Guilford Cole Henderson plummeted approximately 650 feet down a mountain in a secluded area in Spain while hiking in the Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park in the Pyrenees, according to local newspapers El Espaniol and El Diario De Huesca. This region is on the boundary between France and Spain.
Authorities said his body was found on Friday.
Henderson was supposed to return home to the Netherlands on July 12, which caused the Spanish Civil Guard to launch a rescue effort.
NBC News reported Henderson had parked his car in Torla, which is near the area he went hiking.
Guilford Cole Henderson was working as an engineer in the Netherlands. (Facebook/Eric Simon)
According to Henderson’s LinkedIn, he graduated from Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee, and was working in the Netherlands as an engineer.
Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park, Huesca, Aragon, Spain, Pyrenees mountains. Karst limestone peaks within Ordesa and Monte Perdido National Park, Spanish Pyrenees. (Sergi Reboredo/VW Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Authorities in Spain used search dogs and drones to locate Henderson.
