Two Students Found Dead After Hike
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2 college students found dead after going missing while hiking, police say
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The Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office said that the bodies of Kaden Matsuda, 19, and Jackson Donlon, 20, were found “near each other” at 3:30 p.m. local time on Wednesday “in a basin of West Apostle Mountain in Chaffee County.”
“Foul play is not suspected,” the sheriff’s department wrote, while stressing: “We will not offer theories as to what may have happened until an autopsy can be completed.”
Chaffee County Sheriff Andy Rohrich disclosed that Matsuda, a native of Ridgeway, Colorado, was studying to be a wildland firefighter, and Donlon, a native of New York, was studying to be a ‘Mountainar’ guide.
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Two college students, Kaden Matsuda, 19, and Jackson Donlon, 20, were found dead on Wednesday after going missing during a hiking trip near West Apostle Mountain in Chaffee County, Colorado. They had left their campus on Friday to hike Ice Mountain but did not return as expected over the weekend. The sheriff's office stated that foul play is not suspected and emphasized that an autopsy will determine more about what…
2 college students found dead after going missing while hiking, police say →Jackson Donlon and Kaden Matsuda, two college students from Colorado Mountain College Leadville, were found dead on Wednesday after going missing during a snowstorm while attempting to hike Ice Mountain in Colorado over the weekend. The storm deposited about two feet of snow, which contributed to their disappearance. Police used drones with infrared technology, helicopters, and K9 units for search efforts but did…
Two college students who went missing on Ice Mountain hike are found dead: ‘A gut punch’ →Two young hikers, Kaden Matsuda, 19, and Jackson Donlon, 20, were found dead in Colorado’s West Apostle Mountain basin on Wednesday after going missing during a blizzard that covered Ice Mountain with two feet of snow. The search effort involved about 60 people, including dogs, drones, and helicopters, to recover the bodies four miles from where Matsuda's car was parked at Mt. Huron trailhead. Officials warned that…
Two young hikers found dead in remote Colorado basin after brutal mountain blizzard →Kaden Matsuda, 19, and Jackson Donlon, 20, were found dead after going missing during a hiking trip in the Rocky Mountains near West Apostle Mountain last weekend when a snowstorm hit. The pair had left their college campus to hike Ice Mountain but failed to return as expected; they were reported missing on Monday. About 60 search and rescue volunteers used helicopters, drones, and dogs to locate them over several…
Two Colorado college students found dead after going missing during hike →Kaden Matsuda, 19, and Jackson Donlon, 20, were found dead in a mountain basin near West Apostle Mountain after going missing during a hiking trip in Colorado on October 23. The students from Colorado Mountain College were reported missing by their campus staff on Monday, and their bodies were discovered Wednesday amidst efforts involving 60 search and rescue volunteers from six counties. Sheriff Andy Rohrich…
Deputies find bodies of missing college students who went hiking on treacherous mountain trail →Two Colorado college students, Kaden Matsuda, 19, and Jackson Donlon, 20, were found dead on Wednesday near West Apostle Mountain in Chaffee County after going missing during a hiking trip that began on October 23. The bodies were discovered by search teams that included multiple county rescue units and dogs, with foul play ruled out pending autopsy results. Sheriff Andy Rohrich expressed pride in locating the…
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29 Oct 2 Colorado college students found dead after going missing during hikeTwo Colorado college students, Kaden Matsuda, 19, and Jackson Donlon, 20, were found dead on Wednesday near West Apostle Mountain in Chaffee County after going missing during a hiking trip that began on October 23. The bodies were discovered by search teams that included multiple county rescue units and dogs, with foul play ruled out pending autopsy results. Sheriff Andy Rohrich expressed pride in locating the…Global News
29 Oct Deputies find bodies of missing college students who went hiking on treacherous mountain trailKaden Matsuda, 19, and Jackson Donlon, 20, were found dead in a mountain basin near West Apostle Mountain after going missing during a hiking trip in Colorado on October 23. The students from Colorado Mountain College were reported missing by their campus staff on Monday, and their bodies were discovered Wednesday amidst efforts involving 60 search and rescue volunteers from six counties. Sheriff Andy Rohrich…Fox News
29 Oct Two Colorado college students found dead after going missing during hikeKaden Matsuda, 19, and Jackson Donlon, 20, were found dead after going missing during a hiking trip in the Rocky Mountains near West Apostle Mountain last weekend when a snowstorm hit. The pair had left their college campus to hike Ice Mountain but failed to return as expected; they were reported missing on Monday. About 60 search and rescue volunteers used helicopters, drones, and dogs to locate them over several…The Guardian
29 Oct Two young hikers found dead in remote Colorado basin after brutal mountain blizzardTwo young hikers, Kaden Matsuda, 19, and Jackson Donlon, 20, were found dead in Colorado’s West Apostle Mountain basin on Wednesday after going missing during a blizzard that covered Ice Mountain with two feet of snow. The search effort involved about 60 people, including dogs, drones, and helicopters, to recover the bodies four miles from where Matsuda's car was parked at Mt. Huron trailhead. Officials warned that…The Independent
29 Oct Two college students who went missing on Ice Mountain hike are found dead: ‘A gut punch’Jackson Donlon and Kaden Matsuda, two college students from Colorado Mountain College Leadville, were found dead on Wednesday after going missing during a snowstorm while attempting to hike Ice Mountain in Colorado over the weekend. The storm deposited about two feet of snow, which contributed to their disappearance. Police used drones with infrared technology, helicopters, and K9 units for search efforts but did…New York Post
29 Oct 2 college students found dead after going missing while hiking, police sayTwo college students, Kaden Matsuda, 19, and Jackson Donlon, 20, were found dead on Wednesday after going missing during a hiking trip near West Apostle Mountain in Chaffee County, Colorado. They had left their campus on Friday to hike Ice Mountain but did not return as expected over the weekend. The sheriff's office stated that foul play is not suspected and emphasized that an autopsy will determine more about what…ABC News (US)
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