TAOS, N.M. (AP) – Authorities say searchers have found the body of a former White House chef who had been missing for more than a week after going hiking in the New Mexico mountains.
The New Mexico State Patrol says the body of 61-year-old Walter Scheib was found Sunday night near a hiking trail in the mountains the Taos area.
The police statement did not provide a cause of death or any other details about the discovery of the body.
Scheib recently moved to New Mexico. He served as White House chef for 11 years under Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush
Police say he reportedly went for a hike June 13 in the mountains near the Taos Ski Valley. His girlfriend reported him missing the next day.
Taos police found his vehicle Tuesday parked at a canyon trailhead.