Human remains found in Grand Canyon identified as missing hiker

Human remains found at the Grand Canyon earlier this week have been confirmed as those of Timothy Smith, the last hiker missing after flash floods swept across the national park in late August and killed two other people, officials and his wife said.

With Timothy Smith, 53, now identified, all three people who died after floodwaters tore through parts of the Grand Canyon on Aug. 29 have been accounted for. The flooding, which washed out footbridges and damaged part of the park's water system, prompted the rescue and evacuation of more than 80 people.

"My family has done a lot of waiting over the last three weeks — waiting and hoping Tim (Daddy) would come home, waiting and wondering if the remains found were Tim (Daddy)," Carrie Smith wrote in a statement. "We no longer have to wait."

Timothy Smith had arrived at the Grand Canyon on Aug. 27 with his friends John Giusti, 46, and Brent Rosenkranz, 42, "for a trip they had been eagerly anticipating," according to a statement from Hannah Barricks, a spokesperson for the families. Then the floods ripped and created havoc within the canyon.

Giusti and Rosenkranz were confirmed dead by their families and the…

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