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No Foul Play Suspected After 23-Year-Old Found Dead On Virginia Trail, Sheriff Says No Foul Play Suspected After 23-Year-Old Found Dead On Virginia Trail, Sheriff Says
No Foul Play Suspected After 23-Year-Old Found Dead On Virginia Trail, Sheriff Says The death investigation in Loudoun County is ongoing days after a 23-year-old man's body was found along the Washington and Old Dominion (W&OD) Trail. At approximately 6:20 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 16, deputies from the sheriff's office were called to the trail between Dominion Drive and Crestview Drive in Sterling, when hikers made an unsettling discovery. ALERT: There is a heavy law enforcement presence on the W&OD Trail in Sterling between Dominion Drive and Crestview Drive. Please avoid the trail in that area. pic.twitter.com/TVBHk8gNSb — Loudoun County Sheriff's Office…

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by Zak Failla
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Officials ID Mother Who Plunged 100 Feet To Her Death In Virginia Cave Officials ID Mother Who Plunged 100 Feet To Her Death In Virginia Cave
Officials ID Mother Who Plunged 100 Feet To Her Death In Virginia Cave A 38-year-old woman hiking in a Virginia cave plummeted nearly 100 feet to her death, according to officials. Authorities have identified Fairlawn resident Autumn Nicole Draper - also known as Nikki Koert - as the person who was killed in Giles County over the weekend after falling to her death inside a cave in Staffordsville outside of Pearisburg. First responders in the area were called to the cave, and Draper was ultimately found and extricated from the cave by rescue personnel using "specialized resources."  The 911 call came in at around 4:15 p.m. on Friday, but her body was not …

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by Zak Failla
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Virginia Hiker Dies Attempting 24-Mile Grand Canyon Trek Virginia Hiker Dies Attempting 24-Mile Grand Canyon Trek
Virginia Hiker Dies Attempting 24-Mile Grand Canyon Trek A 55-year-old Virginia man died during an attempt to hike across the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Ranjith Varma of Manassas, set out on Saturday, Sept. 9 to make the 24-mile "Rim-To-Rim" trek in a single day, the National Park Service said. Around 1:55 p.m., the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received an emergency call of a hiker in distress on the North Kaibab Trail approximately one mile south of Cottonwood Campground — that's a nearly 4,000-foot elevation. Soon thereafter, Varma became unresponsive and bystanders initiated CPR. National Park Service (NPS) search and …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Christina 'Rowan' Choi Of Fairfax Dies, 30 Christina 'Rowan' Choi Of Fairfax Dies, 30
Christina 'Rowan' Choi Of Fairfax Dies, 30 The mother of a 30-year-old Fairfax County woman who recently died is hoping her memory will live on through a tree and bench in her name. Christina "Rowan" Choi died on March 30, 2023, according to their obituary, which remembers them as "a free spirit full of love." Rowan's mom, Michelle, on a GoFundMe urged parents to make their children feel safe to share what's going on in their lives. "Love them unconditionally and without judgement," she wrote on the campaign, launched to help fund the bench and tree. "Life is too short, so make the most of every single moment. Remember that ev…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Hiker From Netherlands Dies After Mysterious Fall From Appalachian Trail In Virginia Hiker From Netherlands Dies After Mysterious Fall From Appalachian Trail In Virginia
Hiker From Netherlands Dies After Mysterious Fall From Appalachian Trail In Virginia A 23-year-old man who came all the way from the Netherlands to hike the Appalachian Trail died after taking a 50-foot fall down a cliff in Virginia. Paul Classen was sitting on the edge of cliffs with his feet on a lower rock, just north of the summit of McAfee Knob on Sunday, May 30, Robyn Urdaibay writes in the Facebook group Appalachian Trail Hikers 2022. "He spontaneously slumped forwards and fell," said Urdaibay, who had been hiking the trail with Classen.  "He was totally well, just chilling eating breakfast. We think he must have passed out, but we don’t know why and will never kno…

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by Cecilia Levine