The body of a 22-year-old Tacarigua man, who went miss­ing while hik­ing at Mar­i­anne Gorge, Blan­chisseuse, on Sun­day, was re­cov­ered by Fire Ser­vice of­fi­cers yes­ter­day.

The Hunters’ Search and Res­cue Team (HSRT) con­firmed the re­cov­ery of Don­nell Fran­cis in a so­cial me­dia post.

Ac­cord­ing to the team, Fran­cis be­came sep­a­rat­ed from a group of 15 hik­ers around 3 pm on Sun­day. Ef­forts to lo­cate him con­tin­ued in­to Sun­day night but were un­suc­cess­ful.

Search op­er­a­tions re­sumed at 7.45 am yes­ter­day, in­volv­ing of­fi­cers of the Fire Ser­vice, the Blan­chisseuse Po­lice Sta­tion and mem­bers of HSRT, led by Com­man­der Sham­sudeen Ayube.

Fran­cis’ body was sub­se­quent­ly lo­cat­ed and re­trieved by Fire Ser­vice of­fi­cers at the gorge.

HSRT ex­tend­ed con­do­lences to his fam­i­ly, friends and loved ones.