Fourth Victim of Alaska Landslide Identified as 11-Year-Old Girl
Search continues for two more missing persons as geologist clears areas for ground searches.
- An 11-year-old girl, Kara Heller, has been identified as the fourth victim of the landslide in southeast Alaska.
- Kara's parents, Timothy and Beth Heller, and her sister, Mara Heller, were confirmed dead in the initial days after the landslide.
- Search crews are still looking for a third child from the Heller family, Derek, 12, and neighbor Otto Florschutz, 65.
- The landslide occurred near Wrangell, a fishing community of about 2,000 residents, and directly hit three homes.
- Despite initial concerns about the site's instability, a geologist from the state transportation department has cleared areas of the debris field for ground searches.