Ashley Louise Horrocks
July 10, 1991 - July 6, 2000
Salt Lake Tribune - For The Record
Saturday, July 8, 2000
SEARCH FOR GIRL
A search effort was under way Friday in Uintah County where an 8-year-old girl disappeared Thursday afternoon in the Horseshoe Bend area of the Green River. The girl was reportedly playing with friends near the river when she disappeared, but it was unclear whether she fell into the water or walked away. Uintah County Sheriff Rick Hawkins is leading the search effort on both land and the river, and has enlisted the help of a team of specially trained search dogs. No description of the girl was available Friday night.
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Salt Lake Tribune - For The Record
Monday, July 10, 2000
GIRL FOUND DEAD
The body of an 8-year-old girl missing in Uintah County since Thursday was found Sunday morning in the Green River. Search and Rescue teams began searching for the girl Thursday afternoon after she slipped into the fast moving water of the river while playing with some friends. More than 100 joined in the search, which ended when the girls' body was spotted by a helicopter crew at about 10:30 a.m. The girl's identity was not available from the Uintah County sheriff's office Sunday night.
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Deseret News - Tuesday, July 11, 2000
Rescuers find body of girl in Green River
VERNAL — Search and rescue workers have recovered the body of an 8-year-old girl, who had been missing since Thursday, from the Green River.
The girl, who would have turned 9 on Monday, was spotted by a search helicopter Sunday at 10:30 a.m. about four miles south of where she was last seen, according to a Uintah County Sheriff's Office news release.
The girl had been wading through the river with three other girls near the horseshoe bend area in Uintah County, about 10 miles southwest of Vernal, when she was pulled downstream by the current, according to the news release.
Rescue workers combed the river bottom, and four search dogs and several rescue personnel from numerous agencies also scoured the area. By late Thursday night more than 100 people were involved in the search, the news release stated.
Rescue workers and sheriff's deputies recovered the girl's body. The Uintah County Sheriff's office did not release the girl's identity Tuesday.
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Salt Lake Tribune
Ashley Louise Horrocks
Wednesday, July 12, 2000
Ashley Louise Horrocks, age 8, drowned in the Green River July 6, 2000. She was born July 10, 1991 in Roosevelt, Utah. She was loved by every-one who knew her.
Ashley is survived by her mother and stepfather Maria (Rick) Pincock of Salt Lake City, Utah; her father Tren Horrocks of Vernal, Utah; brothers, David, J.J. and Tyler; sisters, Alyssa, Allie, Jill, Kelsey and Sara; many grandmas and grandpas, relatives and friends.
We would like to thank all who have supported us in so many ways. We would like to invite everyone to share in her memory. Funeral service will be Wednesday July 12, 2000 at 7 p.m. in the Davis LDS Stake Center (4080 South 2500 East) Vernal, Utah. Friends may call from 5 to 6:45 p.m. at the chapel, and also Thursday, July 13, at 11:45 to 12:45 with a service at 1 p.m. in the Spencer 5th LDS Ward Chapel (3832 South 8000 West) in Magna, Utah. Burial will be in the Valley View Memorial Park (4335 W. 4100 South). Under the direction of Thomson-Blackburn Vernal Mortuary. (435) 789-2611.