University of Kentucky student found dead at the bottom of a cliff in Red River Gorge Jeremy Chisenhall, Lexington Herald-Leader May 5—A University of Kentucky student was found dead Tuesday after falling 150 feet while hiking in the Red River Gorge, search and rescue officials said. Officials were notified the 24-year-old woman was missing after she went hiking Monday and never returned home. Powell County Search and Rescue pinged her phone and her watch to get her GPS coordinates and began searching in the Auxier Ridge area. "We did not get the results that we wanted," Powell County Search and Rescue said in a Facebook post. "She was located at the bottom of a 150' cliff and did not survive the fall. Our thoughts and prayers are with her family and friends during this difficult time."