Sandarsh Krishna identified after body found at Grand Canyon South Rim

Sandarsh Krishna, a 26-year-old Arizona State University student who had been reported missing, was identified by the Coconino County Medical Examiner as the body found May 9 near Verkamp's Visitor Center on the Grand Canyon's South Rim. Krishna's family last heard from him on April 27, and he was reported missing the next day.

Verkamp's Visitor Center

The identification closes the search around a student who had told family members he was traveling to Las Vegas and stopping at the Grand Canyon's South Rim. He was expected back in Tempe for finals and a job interview, making the discovery at Grand Canyon National Park part of a case that had already stretched across nearly two weeks.

Krishna was found near a specific South Rim landmark, not elsewhere in the park, and the medical examiner tied the recovered body to his missing-person report. The cause of death is still unknown, and the incident remains under investigation by the National Park Service and the medical examiner's office.

April 27 to May 9

The timeline is straightforward. Family members last heard from Krishna on April 27. On April 28, he was reported missing. On May 9, a body was found near Verkamp's Visitor Center, and later that day the medical examiner identified it as Krishna.

For people following the case, that sequence answers the central question of who was recovered, but it does not settle how he died. Investigators have the location, the date, and the identification; the remaining work sits with the National Park Service and the medical examiner as they continue the investigation.