Woman’s body found at popular area of Arches National Park in Utah, officials say

UPDATE: The woman whose body was found at Arches National Park has been identified as Ekaterina Yaroslavna Ksenjek, 33, of Arlington, Virginia, park officials told KUTV and Gephardt Daily. Her cause of death remains under investigation.

The original story is below.

Rangers discovered the body of a woman in the popular Devils Garden part of Arches National Park in Utah, the park service reported.

The woman’s body was recovered at about 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, rangers said in a news release.

She has not been identified and no cause of death has been released, rangers said. The body was transferred to the Utah Office of the Medical Examiner.

The Grand County Sheriff’s Office in Colorado is assisting with the investigation.

Arches National Park, near Moab in southeastern Utah, covers 119 square miles and sees more than 1.5 million visitors a year.

The Devils Garden area features “arches, spires, and a large concentration of narrow rock walls called ‘fins,’” park officials said. It’s “one of the premier locations in the park.”

This story was originally published October 3, 2022 at 10:50 AM with the headline "Woman’s body found at popular area of Arches National Park in Utah, officials say."