A female hiker hiking the McDowell Sonoran Preserve in North Scottsdale was found deceased at the trail. A report filed by the Maricopa County Medical Examiner a month later determined the cause of death was due to environmental heat exposure.
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A female hiker hiking the McDowell Sonoran Preserve in North Scottsdale was found deceased at the trail. A report filed by the Maricopa County Medical Examiner a month later determined the cause of death was due to environmental heat exposure. In terms of the overall weather observed at the time of the incident, skies were clear with a temperature of near 100 degrees according to an observation from nearby weather station.
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1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
A female hiker hiking the McDowell Sonoran Preserve was found deceased at the trail. A report filed by the Maricopa County Medical Examiner a month later determined the cause of death was due to environmental heat exposure.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat, Cave Creek/New River | 2025-05-21 | 31 | Female | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
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