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Two Colorado college students found dead after hike
The bodies of Colorado Mountain College Leadville students Kaden Matsuda, 19, and Jackson Donlon, 20, were found Wednesday afternoon after they went missing during a hike.[1, 2, 9] The Chaffee County Sheriff's Office said the bodies were found in a basin of West Apostle Mountain, about 100 miles southeast of Aspen.[9] The two had left the college's Leadville campus to hike near Ice Mountain, a roughly 14,000-foot peak in central Colorado.[1, 6, 7]
A heavy snowstorm struck the area while they were on the trip last weekend.[2, 6, 8] Authorities announced the finding late Wednesday after a three-day search.[1, 5]
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Where accounts differ (1)
- Facts differABC News reported the pair went missing on Friday; The Washington Times and The Guardian reported they went missing during a trip last weekend when a snowstorm hit.[4, 8]
- ABC News · Center · Oct 29, 5:58 a.m. ET 2 college students found dead after going missing while hiking, police say
A pair of Colorado hikers were found dead after gong missing on Friday.
- The Washington Times · Right · Oct 29, 7:37 a.m. ET 2 college students found dead after going missing during Colorado hike
Two Colorado college students have been found dead after going missing during a hiking trip in the Rocky Mountains last weekend when a heavy snowstorm hit, authorities said.
- ABC News · Center · Oct 29, 5:58 a.m. ET 2 college students found dead after going missing while hiking, police say
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