FRANCONIA — The body of a missing Massachusetts hiker — Emily Sotelo — was found on Mount Lafayette in Franconia on Wednesday, which would have been her 20th birthday.
According to state Fish and Game, just after 11 a.m. on Wednesday, searchers located the body of Emily Sotelo on the northwest side of Mount Lafayette, in Franconia.
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