Body identified as Rainier park worker’s

LONGMIRE, Wash. – A body found in Mount Rainier National Park is that of missing park worker Darcy Quick, the Pierce County medical examiner’s office has confirmed.

Quick, 22, died of blunt force injuries sustained in an accidental fall, the medical examiner’s office said Tuesday.

Quick failed to return from a hike on Friday evening. After a helicopter spotted a body at the base of Comet Falls on Monday morning, a ground crew confirmed that it matched the description of the missing woman, said Lee Taylor, a park spokeswoman.

Quick had taken a job at the park about three weeks ago after graduating from Hope College in Michigan. Her roommate reported her missing Saturday. She had told friends she planned to go for a hike Friday evening in the rugged terrain above the National Park Inn, where she worked as a receptionist.