Overview
- Relatives reported the woman missing after she went to Lake Pueblo and CPW staff found her fishing pole and personal items on a cliff near Yucca Flats Campground, prompting an immediate water search.
- CPW deployed sonar and an underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to search the waters below the cliff because steep slopes and boulders made a surface search hazardous.
- Officers requested the CPW Marine Evidence Recovery Team as the afternoon search continued and located the submerged body with the ROV in water about 30 feet deep and about 77°F.
- The family has been notified and the body was transferred to the Pueblo County Coroner, who will confirm identity and determine the cause and manner of death.
- CPW expressed condolences, thanked partner agencies, and used the incident to remind visitors to follow water-safety guidance and exercise caution near cliffs and rocky shorelines.