RESCUE CREWS SCOURING THE SANDIAS FOR MISSING HIKER BRYAN CONKLING FIND HIM … BUT NOT ALIVE. STATE POLICE SGT. ELIZABETH ARMIJO SAYS SEARCHERS LOCATED A BODY IN THE LA LUZ TRAIL AREA, WHICH WAS LATER CONFIRMED TO BE THAT OF THE 40 YEAR OLD CONKLING.
CONKLING WENT MISSING LAST WEEKEND. ARMIJO SAYS CREWS WERE USING DOGS TO AID IN THE SEARCH WHEN THE BODY WAS LOCATED AROUND 1:00 WEDNESDAY MORNING.
CONKLING WAS AN EXPERIENCED HIKER AND PARAMEDIC. HE WAS REPORTED MISSING AFTER HE WENT HIKING FRIDAY WITH THE INTENTION OF SPENDING A NIGHT IN THE MOUNTAINS.
