MEDIA RELEASE
Hawaiʻi Island police have identified the body found in Waipio Valley on Sunday as 22-year-old Lindsey Nickerson of Kailua-Kona.
An autopsy conducted Tuesday (December 2) determined that she died of asphyxia due to drowning.
Nickerson was last seen alive Saturday afternoon (November 29) when she separated from a group of 25 persons during a hike in Waipio Valley.
Something fish
The group she was hiking with needs to take responsibility for her death. In every hiking group, there needs to be someone designated as a ‘sweep’, who does not allow anyone in the group to fall behind or divert their route from the rest of the group. If they do, the sweep calls out to the hike leader to stop.
Many hiking accidents and fatalities are caused by someone within the group falling behind or being separated from a group. A few simple rules can avoid these tragedies.
All the best to Lindsey’s family and friends.
This is sketchy! No way 25 people leaving Hillave without seeing this girl. They need to look into the school girls…. or some uncle back their wacking girls someone needs to make this right.