Body of SoCal woman who jumped in Sequoia National Park river to save sister found

SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK (KFSN) -- The Tulare County Sheriff's swiftwater dive team has recovered the body of a Los Angeles woman who was swept away in a river on Memorial Day weekend.

26-year-old Jomarie Calasanz was visiting Sequoia National Park with family and friends when she got caught up in cold and fast currents on the middle fork of the Kaweah River, near Paradise Creek Bridge.

A multi-agency search effort lasted nine days. But, due to unsafe river conditions and difficult terrain, teams were forced to scale back their efforts.

On July 24, deputies recovered a body less than a mile below where the woman was last seen.

On Monday, the Tulare County Sheriff's Coroner's office confirmed it was Calasanz.