A Valley woman died over the Labor Day Weekend after falling off a cliff along the Mogollon Rim.
The Coconino County Sheriff's Office says the 29-year-old was camping with friends close to the edge of the rim near Forest Lakes east of Payson Saturday.
Deputies learned that she walked away from the campsite to use the bathroom around midnight in the complete dark.
Authorities estimate she fell about 120 feet.
The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue Team helped recover the woman’s body. Officials say the call came in just after midnight and deputies reached the site about a half-hour later.
Five members of a search and rescue team arrived on scene at about 5 a.m. The woman’s body was recovered and released to the medical examiner two hours later.
Her name has not been released.
Sheriff’s officials say they’re investigating whether alcohol was could have been a factor in the death.
