The body found Wednesday in the Grand Canyon is believed to be that of a man from Kentucky who was last seen last month, the National Park Service said.
The body, which officials say may be John Pennington, 40, of Walton, Kentucky, was found with a motorcycle about 465 feet below the edge of the gorge, the park service said in a statement Thursday.
The park was found under the South Kaibab Trailhead after a search and rescue operation was announced Sunday.
The trail is not far from Yaki Point, where officers in the park said the vehicle from Pennington was found abandoned.
Pennington was last known on Feb. 23 at the southern edge of the gorge near Yaki Point, the park said. When the search was announced, he apparently was riding a yellow motorcycle.
It was not immediately clear what had happened. The park service and the Coconino County Medical Examiner are investigating.
The park service did not provide any additional information, and a message left behind by a spokesman for the park was not immediately returned Thursday night.
Park service personnel found the body Wednesday and flew by helicopter to the gorge, the park service said.
