11-Year-Old Found Dead After Alaska Landslide Killed 3 Members of Her Family, 2 People Still Missing

Three people — Mara Heller, 16, Beth Heller, 36, and Timothy Heller, 44 — were found dead following the slide, according to Alaska State Police

An 11-year-old girl has been found dead, days after a large landslide rocked a small community in Alaska.

The body of Kara Heller “was recovered from the landslide debris” in Wrangell just after 6:30 p.m. local time on Saturday, according to a news release from Alaska State Police that was shared by the city.

The recovery was made with help from a scent detection K-9, which pinpointed the spot where Heller was located, they added.

Police said two people are still missing following the Nov. 20 landslide: Derek Heller, 12, and Otto Florschutz, 65. Florschutz’s wife survived the event, according to the Associated Press.

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Three people — Beth Heller, 36, Timothy Heller, 44, and Mara Heller, 16 — were found dead following the slide, per police.  Beth and Timothy Heller were Kara's parents, and Mara was the 11-year-old's sister, reported the AP.

The landslide occurred following a region-wide storm with heavy rain and high winds, Alaska Department of Transportation spokesperson Shannon McCarthy said at a press conference on Tuesday.

The slide was about 500 feet wide at the point where it crossed Zimovia Highway at mile 11, she added.

The City of Wrangell shared images that depict the aftermath of the massive slide.

Barrett Salisbury, a geologist with the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, said the landslide that impacted Wrangell is known as a “debris flow” — which occurs when heavy rainfall or rapid snowmelt adds extra moisture into the soil and causes once-stable land to give way.

Debris flows are “notably destructive” but difficult to predict without special equipment in place beforehand, Salisbury noted during Tuesday’s press conference.

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Gov. Mike Dunleavy declared a state of emergency in Wrangell on Tuesday, per a news release by Alaska's Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management.

The active search for victims has since transitioned into a “reactive search,” with assistance from K-9 teams from Wrangell, Petersburg and Juneau, they added.

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