United States woman who disappeared along with her husband while kayaking in the Gulf of California off the coast of northern Sonora was found dead on Sunday.
The body of Yeon-Su Kim, an academic at Northern Arizona University (NAU) in Flagstaff, was found by a fishing boat crew southeast of Puerto Peñasco, according to a GoFundMe page set up by a family friend.
Kim’s husband, Corey Allen, remains missing.
The Sonora Civil Protection agency said Sunday on Twitter that a body had been found at Playa Encanto “with characteristics similar to one of the two missing persons.”
Playa Encanto, Mexico
Kim’s body was found by fishermen at Playa Encanto near Puerto Peñasco.
Playa Encanto is a beach about 25 kilometers southeast of Puerto Peñasco, which is also known as Rocky Point.
Kim, who was executive director of the NAU School of Forestry, and Allen, a real estate agent, went sea kayaking with their teenage daughter Lux near Puerto Peñasco last Thursday, according to the fundraising page set up by Lisa Aumack, whose granddaughter is friends with Lux.
“Very strong winds came up. Corey took his daughter to safety onshore and went back out to help Yeon-Su,” Aumack wrote. “The strong winds and currents made their return to shore impossible, and neither they nor their kayaks have been found as of Sunday morning.”
In an update posted online later on Sunday, Aumack wrote that “a local fishing boat came upon Yeon-Su’s body south and east of P
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