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Jul 17, 2008 12:58 pm US/Pacific

Body Of Missing Hiker Found In Sierra Nevadas

BISHOP, Calif. (AP) ― Authorities say a body recovered from the eastern Sierra Nevada has been identified as that of a hiker who went missing early this month.

Inyo County sheriff's spokeswoman Carma Roper says the body was positively identified Thursday as that of 44-year-old mountaineer Ric DeVan of San Diego.

DeVan was last seen during the Fourth of July holiday.

Searchers found the body Wednesday in a mountain pass at an elevation of about 12,000 feet. A backpack that family members said belonged to
DeVan was found about 400 feet downhill.

Coroner Leon Brune said an autopsy was planned Thursday with results available in a day.

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