
U.S. tourist found dead in Spain nearly 1 month after reported missing
Global News
Cole Henderson was reported missing by his friends, after he decided to hike alone after putting his cellphone on airplane mode to save his battery.
Rescuers have found the body of a U.S. tourist who went missing last month in Spain.
Spanish police announced Tuesday that the body of 27-year-old Cole Henderson was found in the Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park after he appeared to have fallen about 200 metres down a mountain, according to NBC News.
Henderson was reported missing on July 14, one day after he was supposed to return to his current home in the Netherlands, police said. He had parked his car in the nearby town of Torla on July 9 before he began his hike of Monte Perdido, the third-highest peak in the Pyrenees mountains.
Police said rescuers found Henderson’s body “in a difficult-to-access area on the north face of Monte Perdido, in the municipality of Bielsa, after a fall of about 200 metres.”
Rescue workers airlifted Henderson’s body from the location with the help of a crane, according to the New York Times.
They said Henderson “showed no signs compatible with life.”
The search for Henderson gained media attention after his friends posted pleas for help on social media after being unable to locate him.
His friends had hiked with him in the national park but they claimed that Henderson had decided to hike alone after putting his cellphone on airplane mode to save his battery.









