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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.
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