WOMAN FALLS TO HER DEATH ABOVE WEST CLEAR CREEK

A WOMAN FELL TO HER DEATH FROM A TRAIL ABOVE WEST CLEAR CREEK EAST OF CAMP VERDE ON MONDAY AFTERNOON.

A WOMAN CALLED THE YAVAPAI COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE STATING THAT HER FRIEND, 44-YEAR-OLD JENNIFER PETRI, HAD FALLEN 20 FEET OFF A CLIFF AND WAS NO LONGER IN SIGHT. THE AREA IS KNOWN TO THE LOCALS AS "THE BLUFFS", AND IS APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET ABOVE WEST CLEAR CREEK.  

YCSO RESPONDED WITH MULTIPLE VOLUNTEERS, AS WELL AS FIRE PERSONNEL AND A DPS RANGER HELICOPTER, TO ASSIST IN FINDING THE VICTIM. THE TERRAIN WAS STEEP AND DANGEROUS, MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR RESCUERS TO REACH THE VICTIM. DEPUTIES USING BINOCULARS WERE ABLE TO VISUALLY LOCATE THE VICTIM WHO WAS AT THE BASE OF A CLIFF JUST ABOVE THE WATER LINE.  

THE DPS RANGER HELICOPTER WAS ABLE TO DROP OFF A TROOPER TO ASSESS THE VICTIM’S CONDITION. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT SHE WAS DECEASED, AND SHE WAS THEN AIRLIFTED OUT OF THE CANYON.

THE CIRCUMSTANCES AS TO HOW THE VICTIM FELL TO HER DEATH ARE UNDER INVESTIGATION BY YCSO DETECTIVES.