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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Thursday, October 6, 2011 INCIDENTS Grand Canyon NP Three Bodies Found In Burned RV On Monday, October 3rd, an RV located at the park's South Entrance burned severely before firefighters were able to extinguish the flames. Subsequent investigation revealed the bodies of three persons inside the vehicle. The bodies appear to be those of an adult and two children. An investigation into the identities and cause of death of the three is currently underway and is being conducted by the National Park Service with support from the Flagstaff Fire Department, the Coconino County Medical Examiner's Office, the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Evidence Response Team, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Preliminary investigation suggests the possibility of a murder-suicide and does not suggest the involvement of an unknown party. It is important to note that these findings are preliminary and that the investigation is ongoing. No identities will be made public until they have been confirmed and next of kin have been notified. [Shannan Marcak, Public Affairs Specialist] John Day Fossil Beds NM Man Pleads Guilty In Federal Fossil Theft Case On September 30th, D.W., a resident of Longview, Washington, pled guilty and was sentenced in federal court following his conviction for “depredation of federal property” for excavating and taking a fossilized oreodont skull from the park in 2007. Oreodonts lived 40 to 15 million years ago and are distantly related to present day camels. The sentencing was the result of a lengthy investigation by the National Park Service and Bureau of Land Management and a subsequent plea agreement between the United States Attorney's Office and D.W. D.W. was sentenced to three years of probation, ordered to pay $4500 in restitution, and was banned from any land managed by the National Park Service for a period of not less than one year. [Jim Hammett, Superintendent] OTHER NEWS The following stories are among those in today's edition of InsideNPS. To see the full text, including images, NPS employees should go to the InsideNPS home page ( HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index). Non-NPS employees can see most of them on the NPS Digest page ( HYPERLINK "http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/" http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/): Pu‘uhonua o Honaunau NHP - Pu‘uhonua o Honaunau NHP recently completed a major stabilization project to repair the park's seawalls, which protect important cultural resources from damaging waves and surges. The efforts involved a team of archaeologists and masons from three Hawaiian parks and employed traditional Hawaiian techniques. Jewel Cave NM/Wind Cave NP - Jewel Cave and Wind Cave hosted a National Cave Rescue Commission seminar during the second week of September. Twenty-five students and nine instructors from South Dakota, Colorado, Utah, Indiana, California, and Nevada participated in the training. Photo. Harper's Ferry NHP - Mark Howard, a park ranger at Harpers Ferry NHP, has received National Capital Region's Harry Yount Award. Photo. * * * * The Morning Report is a publication of the Division of Law Enforcement, Security and Emergency Services, Washington Office, produced with the support of the Office of the Assistant Director for Information Resources and the Office of the Chief Information Officer. Edited by Bill Halainen ( HYPERLINK "mailto:Bill_Halainen@nps.gov" Bill_Halainen@nps.gov). --- ### --- |