The Inyo County Sheriff’s Office was contacted. Due to the remote location and difficult terrain , aerial support was required to transport a Sheriff’s Office Investigator. Several attempts were made, but high winds in the Eastern Sierra hampered recovery

The Inyo County Sheriff’s Office was contacted. Due to the remote location and difficult terrain , aerial support was required to transport a Sheriff’s Office Investigator. Several attempts were made, but high winds in the Eastern Sierra hampered recovery

The Inyo County Sheriff’s Office was contacted. Due to the remote location and difficult terrain , aerial support was required to transport a Sheriff’s Office Investigator. Several attempts were made, but high winds in the Eastern Sierra hampered recovery

discovered human remains near the far side of the “Williamson Bowl”.

discovered human remains near the far side of the “Williamson Bowl”.

discovered human remains near the far side of the “Williamson Bowl”.

On October 16, CHP Inland Division Air Operations was able to insert a Sheriff’s Investigator, and the remains were successfully transported to the Lone Pine Airport. Custody was transferred to the Inyo County Coroner. The Inyo County Sheriff’s Office does not have any missing persons reports connected to this location, and based on the condition of the remains, it is believed that the body may have been in this area for quite some time – perhaps decades.

According to

Sgt. Nate Derr of the Inyo County Sheriff’s Department, investigators are trying to identify the remains found beneath Mount Williamson. The body was discovered near a lake in the remote rock-filled bowl between the peaks of Mount Tyndall and Williamson.

Mt Williamson is

south-

southwest of Independence.

The standard ascent route is the West Side Route, accessed from Shepherd’s Pass