( CNN ) -- Two bodies have been found in Yosemite National Park in recent days near where three hikers were swept over a 317-foot waterfall last July , officials at the park in California said Monday . The body of one of the three was recovered two weeks after the incident . In July , witnesses said the three -- two men and a woman -- climbed over the guardrail at the top of a trail and went into the gushing river that feeds the waterfall , known as Vernal Fall . They were quickly swept over . Park officials said in a statement Monday that a body found by a park ranger last Tuesday was determined to be that of Ninos Yacoub , 27 , of Turlock , California . The man 's body was found in the Merced River about half a mile below the base of the waterfall , the statement said . Hidden dangers in Yosemite . Yacoub was with Hormiz David , 22 , of Modesto , California , and Ramina Badal , 21 , of Manteca , California , when the three disappeared over the waterfall . David 's body was recovered in August about 240 feet from the base of the waterfall . A third body was found last Saturday in the same general location of where Yacoub 's body was located , park officials said Monday , and authorities are likely to make a positive identification `` within the next several days . ''
Hormiz David was One of three hikers swept over a waterfall in last week . His body was found July in a river near the waterfall . One hiker 's body was recovered last week after the incident .