On Monday, October 8th, rangers Jennifer VanDragt and Chris Valdez responded to a report of a missing three-year-old girl at the Bullfrog Subdistrict marina slips. The girl and her four-year-old brother had been chasing each other around the houseboat at the time of her disappearance. Neither was wearing a lifejacket. VanDragt and Valdez arrived within ten minutes of her estimated time of disappearance. Park staff, concession employees, and visitors all searched for the girl, but without success. Additional personnel were called in, including the park’s dive team, two search dog units from the Arizona Department of Public Safety, a Utah State Parks ranger, and a county deputy. The park’s underwater recovery team, led by Pat Horning, Kean Mihata and Jordan Barthold, was hampered by poor visibility in its first attempt to locate the child. The depth is estimated at 110 feet in the area where she disappeared. Both dogs made hits on the water surface area near the dock and the handlers believe that little girl is in the water at that location. The search continues. The IC is Chris Valdez.
