US EditionThe Body of a Missing Airman Is Recovered From a Lake in New Mexico
- On Monday, May 26, 2025, the body of a U.S. Air Force service member from the unit based at Kirtland Air Force Base was discovered in Elephant Butte Lake.
- The airman went missing two days earlier on the evening of Saturday, May 24, 2025, while at the popular Elephant Butte Lake State Park.
- Local and military responders including the 351st Special Warfare Training Squadron, the 306th Rescue Squadron, state police, fire, and park rangers conducted a joint search and recovery operation.
- Sidney Hill, a representative for State Parks, confirmed that there is no evidence suggesting foul play, and the remains were handed over at a boat ramp to the state's Office of the Medical Investigator for an autopsy to establish the cause of death.
- State officials are continuing to investigate at the well-known recreation area situated between Albuquerque and El Paso, Texas, where the incident took place.
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Body of missing airman found in lake in New Mexico
ELEPHANT BUTTE, N.M. (NBC, KYMA/KECY) - The body of a missing airman was recovered from Elephant Butte Lake in New Mexico on Monday. An extremely busy holiday at Elephant Butte Lake calming down Monday evening, but as people spent their weekend celebrating with friends and family, first responders searched the waters for a missing Kirtland airman. "We seen like five staters in their boats going that way with a different type of boat state police…
Missing Airman Found Dead in New Mexico Lake
The body of a US Air Force member was recovered from a lake in southern New Mexico on Monday, two days after the airman assigned to Kirtland Air Force Base went missing at the popular recreation spot, military authorities said. The member of the 351st Special Warfare Training Squadron went...
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