Family finds man dead underwater near Yahoo Falls
McCreary County, Ky. (WTVQ) — An out-of-town family found a dead man underwater while hiking a trail at Yahoo Falls.
On Friday, McCreary County dispatch was called around 11:40 a.m. to the trailhead in Big South Fork National Park, where the man was found wearing what appeared to be a tactical backpack.
The sheriff’s office has identified the man as 23-year-old Isaac Turpin of Somerset.
Officials say Turpin and his dog where hiking the trailhead when his dog got loose. Turpin then slipped and fell over the falls trying to catch his dog.
His body was taken to the Kentucky Medical Examiner’s Office in Frankfort for an autopsy.
