"64-year-old Chris Straub went fly fishing near the Orchard Canyon on Oak Creek cabins around 4 p.m. Tuesday, but his wife reported him missing when he didn't return before a 5:30 p.m. dinner reservation.
Deputies searched and then called in the Coconino County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue but neither found him overnight, according to a release from the Coconino County Sheriff's Office. A search and rescue team with a K9 found Straub's body around 12:25 p.m. Wednesday in thick overgrowth near the resort.
Joe Watson, a spokesperson for the Attorney's Office, said Straub appeared to have suffered from a fatal accident while hiking but the Coconino County Medical Examiner will determine the official cause of death."
You go fly fishing at 4:00pm... but have a dinner reservation at 5:30pm? That probably leaves about 30 minutes for "fly fishing" before you have to return and get ready for dinner. Who goes fly fishing for 30 minutes?
He suffered a fatal accident while hiking? So, in addition to an extremely short "fly fishing" excursion, you add 'hiking' to the activities... yet still plan to be back for dinner reservations at 5:30pm? Hiking in thick overgrowth, no less? If you're on a resort property, there is typically no lack of hiking trails. If you were so inclined, why go off trail and hiking in thick overgrowth just prior to a dinner reservation?
When he didn't return by 5:30, wife called the sheriff's dept. They didn't find him that night, but then waited until the following afternoon to finally bring in a dog? Being that he was on the resort property and they knew where he was planning to fly fish... it would take a crappy house dog 15 minutes to find the body. A decent hunting / tracking dog would have found him in minutes. With that in mind... what genius decided to wait until the next day after noon to bring in a dog? Dogs can smell a body at night just as easily, and he may have still been alive then.
This story makes ZERO sense:
"64-year-old Chris Straub went fly fishing near the Orchard Canyon on Oak Creek cabins around 4 p.m. Tuesday, but his wife reported him missing when he didn't return before a 5:30 p.m. dinner reservation.
Deputies searched and then called in the Coconino County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue but neither found him overnight, according to a release from the Coconino County Sheriff's Office. A search and rescue team with a K9 found Straub's body around 12:25 p.m. Wednesday in thick overgrowth near the resort.
Joe Watson, a spokesperson for the Attorney's Office, said Straub appeared to have suffered from a fatal accident while hiking but the Coconino County Medical Examiner will determine the official cause of death."
You go fly fishing at 4:00pm... but have a dinner reservation at 5:30pm? That probably leaves about 30 minutes for "fly fishing" before you have to return and get ready for dinner. Who goes fly fishing for 30 minutes?
He suffered a fatal accident while hiking? So, in addition to an extremely short "fly fishing" excursion, you add 'hiking' to the activities... yet still plan to be back for dinner reservations at 5:30pm? Hiking in thick overgrowth, no less? If you're on a resort property, there is typically no lack of hiking trails. If you were so inclined, why go off trail and hiking in thick overgrowth just prior to a dinner reservation?
When he didn't return by 5:30, wife called the sheriff's dept. They didn't find him that night, but then waited until the following afternoon to finally bring in a dog? Being that he was on the resort property and they knew where he was planning to fly fish... it would take a crappy house dog 15 minutes to find the body. A decent hunting / tracking dog would have found him in minutes. With that in mind... what genius decided to wait until the next day after noon to bring in a dog? Dogs can smell a body at night just as easily, and he may have still been alive then.