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Rescue Teams Find the Body of Missing American Hiker Who Disappeared in Spanish Mountain Range

Cole Henderson had been missing since July 9, in the Ordesa and Monte Perdido National Park.

Spanish authorities say they have recovered the body of Cole Henderson, a 27-year-old American hiker missing for nearly a month in the Pyrenees, according to The New York Times. The Guardia Civil said in a statement Tuesday that Henderson’s body was found Friday, roughly 650 feet down the north face of Monte Perdido, which translates to mean “lost mountain”, in an area described as difficult to reach. Rescue workers airlifted the body out with the help of a crane. Henderson, a software developer living in the Netherlands whose grandfather, Guilford Dudley Jr., was once ambassador to Denmark, was vacationing in Spain when he set out on July 9 to hike in Ordesa and Monte Perdido National Park. He was last seen that day. Friends raised the alarm after Henderson missed his July 13 flight back to the Netherlands, prompting Spanish authorities to launch an intensive search that included helicopters scanning the rugged terrain. The Guardia Civil has not released information on how Henderson fell, and the case remains under investigation. Spanish authorities have informed Trevania and John Henderson that they believe they have found their son’s body, according to The Tennessean.