Search crews found the body of a woman believed to be 50-year-old Diem Le Nguyen Monday after the mother of three vanished while hiking in San Diego on Sunday with a group of 100 people, according to authorities.
Using helicopter search and rescue efforts, a deceased body was found about quarter-of-a-mile from reaching a nearby street at 9:15 a.m. local time on Monday, said San Diego Police Department's public information officer Lt. Daniel Meyer in a press conference Monday.
"She nearly made it out,” said Meyer.
Family members are shocked by her death.
“It was really sad because losing someone is not easy,“ William Dom, a member of Nguyen's family, told NBC 7.
“She is very careful. Everything she does. I am surprised to see she ran out of water," said Dom. "She always prepares well for what she is doing."
USA TODAY reached out to the San Diego Police Department regarding the incident.
The group hiking trip was created to raise money for "Build a School Foundation," to build schools in Southeast Asia, reports CBS 8.
"With great sadness, we share with you the worst nightmare of someone who tried to make this world a better place, but suffered the tragic loss of one of us fellow Vietnamese Americans," said the foundation in a Facebook post. "Our hearts are sadden with Diem's family and loved ones."
Nguyen hiked up the Night Hawk Trail on Sunday with a group of around 100 people, said Meyer at an earlier press conference.
The following is what occurred on Sunday, according to the officer:
The search went into the night and continued on Monday until a body was found.
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