Overview

• The Sheridan County Coroner identified the victim as 13-year-old Amelia Palmer and listed blunt force injuries to the head and neck as the cause of death.
• Three surviving family members — an 11-year-old boy, a 53-year-old woman, and a 54-year-old man — were reported in serious condition after rescue teams reached the remote site west of Big Mountain.
• A medical helicopter first spotted the wreckage in Bighorn National Forest, and survivors were airlifted to hospitals in Sheridan, Wyoming, and Billings, Montana, with support from a Wyoming Army National Guard helicopter.
• Authorities received the initial distress reports around 4:57 p.m. Monday and established a command post off U.S. Highway 14 during the search-and-rescue operation.
• The investigation remains active, and the Sheridan County Sheriff’s Office has asked the public to avoid the area while evidence is collected.