THE SEARCH FOR A FORMER WHITE HOUSE CHEF NEAR TAOS IS OVER. STATE POLICE SPOKESPERSON ELIZABETH ARIMJO TELLS CBS NEWS THEY FOUND THE BODY OF WALTER SCHEIB SUNDAY NIGHT, NOT FAR FROM WHERE HE’D PARKED HIS CAR AT THE YERBA CANYON TRAILHEAD NEAR TAOS. IT WAS FOUND BY NATIONAL GUARD GROUND SEARCHERS AS THE SEARCH WAS BEING EXPANDED. SCHEIB’S BODY WAS FOUND NEARLY TWO MILES FROM WHERE HIS CAR WAS PARKED IN THE YERBA CANYON.
SCHEIB WAS THE CHEF FOR FORMER PRESIDENTS BILL CLINTON AND GEORGE W. BUSH. HE HAD GONE HIKING IN THE AREA LAST WEEK. AN ACTIVE SEARCH FOR SCHEIB STARTED AFTER HE WAS REPORTED MISSING TUESDAY WHEN HE FAILED TO MEET A FAMILY MEMBER AND THEN WASN’T FOUND AT HOME. POLICE SAY HE WASN’T AN EXPERIENCED HIKER BUT LIKED BEING OUTDOORS.
AN AUTOPSY WILL BE PERFORMED TO DETERMINE EXACT CAUSE OF DEATH.
