Missing hiker in Grand Canyon identified as dead weeks after human remains found after deadly flooding, family says

By Chris Boyette, CNN

(CNN) — Authorities have recovered the remains of the last hiker unaccounted for since deadly flash floods in the Grand Canyon last month, his family said Thursday.

“My family has done a lot of waiting over the last three weeks … waiting and hoping,” Timothy Allen Smith’s wife, Carrie Smith, posted on Facebook. “We no longer have to wait, Tim was found two days ago by the Rangers at Grand Canyon National Park.”

The remains were found Monday near Crystal Rapid, about 10 miles downstream from Phantom Ranch, one of the areas devastated by the August 29 flooding that washed out footbridges and campgrounds, and left Smith, 53, and his friends Brent Rosenkranz and John Giusti, dead, according to the National Park Service.

The remains were sent to the Coconino County Medical Examiner’s Office, the park service said in a news release. The medical examiner’s office told CNN it is “working closely” with the park service. CNN has reached out to the park service for comment.

“Thank you for all the prayers over the last couple of weeks. Please do not stop praying for my family, we have lived through an enormous tragedy and will need your prayers for months/years to come,” Carrie Smith said.

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