An avid hiker and “dedicated” volunteer at Great Smoky Mountains National Park for more than two decades was found dead on the North Carolina side of the range nearly a week after going missing. Ann Houghton,

Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Two hikers recently have been found dead in national parks in Tennessee and Utah. On Sunday, the body of Cesar Herrera-Ruiz, a 37-year-old Canadian national, was found at Zion National Park in Utah, and Ann Houghton, age 73, was found deceased in Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee, authorities said.