Search on for Michigan woman who disappeared during Grand Canyon visit
Overholser was traveling alone from Sault Ste. Marie in northern Michigan, as part of a commercial bus tour.
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GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. – Officials are investigating the whereabouts of a woman after she disappeared from a popular viewing area at Grand Canyon National Park.
Martha Overholser, 66, was last seen on Dec. 10 at Mather Point, which is located on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon.
Marth Overholser was last seen wearing a long off-white coat over a gray hoodie and carrying a navy blue bag.
(Grand Canyon National Park / FOX Weather)
Her phone was located below the rim along Hermit Road at an overlook called The Abyss, which is located about 10 miles west of Mather Point, a Grand Canyon spokesperson told FOX Weather.
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Authorities believe Overholser may have walked west from the Mather Point area toward Bright Angel Lodge on Hermit Road or toward Hermits Rest, which is the most western point of the South Rim of the Grand Canyon.
Map of South Rim. Red dots indicate Hermits Rest (left) and Mather Point (right). Yellow dot indicates location of The Abyss, where Overholser's phone was located.
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Overholser was traveling alone from Sault Ste. Marie, in northern Michigan, as part of a commercial bus tour, according to the spokesperson. The bus tour was one of several that operate in the area which bring tourists to the Grand Canyon for the day.
Overholser is described as a white female, 5 feet, 2 inches tall and 110 pounds, according to officials. She was last seen wearing a long off-white coat over a gray hoodie and carrying a navy blue bag.
View of Mather Point on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon.
(W. Tyson Joye / NPS / FOX Weather)
Officials asked anyone who may have been at the park on or around Dec. 10 and might have seen Overholser to contact them through the National Park Service Investigative Services Branch Tip Line at 888-653-0009 or by email at nps_isb@nps.gov.