Bodies recovered from wreckage of fatal Sierra plane crash
By Martin Espinoza, Santa Rosa Press Democrat
The bodies of Brenda and Mark Richard, the Santa Rosa couple whose single-engine airplane went missing last month after taking off from Truckee, have been found, Sierra County sheriff’s officials said Friday.
Sheriff Tim Standley said a recreational snowmobiler found a piece of the plane’s tail in the snow on Tuesday. Authorities confirmed the discovery early Wednesday and on Thursday found the bodies in the separated cockpit buried in 6 to 7 feet of snow.
Officials said the couple’s family has been notified of the discovery, in a remote area east of Yuba Pass in Sierra County.