Updated at 12:06 p.m., Thursday, October 11, 2007
Missing hiker's body recovered in Haleakala stream
Advertiser Staff
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Edward Pedrick Jr. apparently slipped or jumped into a rain-swollen stream during a hike in 'Ohe'o Gulch, officials said.
Two swollen streams and continuing rain on Maui had prevented divers from searching for a missing hiker earlier this week.
At 8 this morning river levels in the Palikea tributary above Makahiku Falls receded enough to allow ground crews to resume the search for the body. A unified command search involving National Park rangers, Maui County Fire Department, Rescue 10, Hana Fire Department, Hana Police Department and a Maui County Dive Team has located Pedrick's body in the same pool area from which he disappeared.
Two fellow hikers reported Pedrick missing about 3:30 p.m. Saturday. Pedrick, originally from New Jersey, had moved to Maui about a year ago.
