A Nationwide Guardsman on a hike in Kentucky plummeted to his loss of life over the state’s steepest waterfall Friday whereas attempting to catch his runaway canine, police mentioned.
An “out of city household” discovered Isaac Lee Turpin’s physique after noticing a tactical backpack protruding of the water on the base of Yahoo Falls round 11:30 a.m., McCreary County Sheriff David Sampson mentioned Sunday.
Officers imagine the 23-year-old US Military Nationwide Guard sergeant doubtless slipped whereas chasing his pup, Cujo, who had damaged free throughout their stroll across the Large South Fork Nationwide River park.
Cujo was discovered after the accident and returned to Turpin’s fiancée, household mentioned.
Billed because the steepest waterfall in Kentucky, Yahoo Falls includes a 113-foot drop down a big rock home to a shallow pool.
Tragically, Turpin was an avid outdoorsman who often hiked and lived simply 30 miles from the falls.
Footage shared on social media by family members present Turpin exploring quite a few state and nationwide parks together with his pet by his aspect.
“He cherished life and touched everybody who knew him. He loved the outside, driving his motorbike, tenting, taking part in his guitar, and spending time together with his household and pals,” his obituary states.
Turpin was a embellished Nationwide Guard servicemember, receiving the Nationwide Protection Medal, Military Service Ribbon and Armed Forces Service Medal.
He was planning a marriage with accomplice Cherish Menken, who mourned her fiancé on Fb as “my gentle I had all the time prayed for.”
“If I might of hand picked somebody excellent for me it was you. I’m so fortunate with the time I obtained with you. you balanced me like no different human I’ve ever met,” Menken wrote on Fb.
“My treasured man, no phrases might ever describe the opening in my coronary heart. I’m so unbelievably devastated.”
Turpin’s tragic fall and loss of life stays beneath investigation as officers await post-mortem outcomes.
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