Body of BASE jumper in Big Sur double tragedy IDd
The body of Finnish national Rami Kajala, 42, was found Saturday near the bridge by crews searching the area for signs of him and a 30-year-old Ventura woman who also went missing.
Investigators were only able to put together the chain of events after they recovered a helmet camera from Kajala days after the incident.
The video shows Connell and Kajala at the Highway 1 bridge on what appeared to be Jan. 20, Thornburg said.
BASE jumping refers to the acronym for parachuting from buildings, antennas, spans and earth such cliffs.
Thornburg said the tragic couple parked their car on a road about 30 to 50 yards from the bridge, and that the vehicle was tagged for removal by the California Highway Patrol a day after the jump.
A search didn’t start until Jan. 23 when the man’s parachute was discovered with his helmet camera, which revealed the couple was probably loss at sea.