Sotelo was reportedly dropped off Sunday morning at Lafayette Place Campground in Franconia with the plan to hike Mount Lafayette, Haystack Mountain, and Mount Flume. When she did not return from her intended route later that day, a family member alerted New Hampshire Fish and Game. That evening, officials — worried about the harsh weather conditions — began searching for her and continued the search into the night.
On Tuesday afternoon, tracks and items belonging to Sotelo were discovered at the headwaters of Lafayette Brook, officials said. The team made an effort to concentrate the search around that area on Wednesday.
At 11:15 a.m., ground searchers found her body and transported her remains to the Cannon Mountain Ski Area with the help of a New Hampshire Army National Guard helicopter.
Authorities have not officially confirmed Sotelo’s cause of death, but Capt. Michael Eastman of New Hampshire Fish and Game’s Law Enforcement Division that she likely died from exposure to the elements. Sotelo was last seen wearing a brown jacket and exercise pants.
The Westford, Massachusetts, resident was attempting to finish hiking every 4,000-foot peak in New Hampshire before her 20th birthday this week, New Hampshire Fish and Game Law Enforcement Chief Col. Kevin Jordan toldarlier this week.
“She was an experienced hiker for summer conditions. Not so much in winter,” Sotelo’s mother, Olivera, told the Globe, noting that she only had “four or five” mountains left to check off her list.telo was a sophomore at Vanderbilt University majoring in biochemistry and chemical biology, the Nashville school’s student newspaper. She reportedly was visiting New Hampshire with her mother on her Thanksgiving break.
Fish and Game conservation officers were assisted in the search by the Pemigewasset Valley Search and Rescue Team, Androscoggin Valley Search and Rescue Team, Mountain Rescue Service, Lakes Region Search and Rescue, Upper Valley Wilderness Response Team, New England K-9, NH Army National Guard, Civil Air Patrol, and White Mountain National Forest. AT&T First Net and New Hampshire Homeland Security & Emergency Management also supported the search.
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