Two missing Colorado college students found dead after hike in snowstorm
Kaden Matsuda and Jackson Donlon, two college students missing since a hiking trip in Colorado's Rocky Mountains, were found dead Wednesday afternoon.
Two college students who went missing on a hike in Colorado's Rocky Mountains have been found dead, authorities said. Fox News reports deputies found the bodies.
Fox News reports that Kaden Matsuda and Jackson Donlon set out from Colorado Mountain College's Leadville campus to hike near Ice Mountain. A heavy snowstorm then hit the area.
The Chaffee County sheriff's office said the bodies were found Wednesday afternoon in a basin on West Apostle Mountain, according to the Guardian. That is about 100 miles (160km) southeast of Aspen. The Guardian says the office posted the news on social media.
Matsuda was 19 and lives in Ridgway, Colorado. Donlon was 20 and is from New York, the sheriff's office said.
The Guardian says the two disappeared last weekend. ABC News says they went missing on Friday. None of the reports say how they died.
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- ABC News2 college students found dead after going missing while hiking, police sayThu, Oct 29, 5:58 AM EDT
- The GuardianTwo Colorado college students found dead after going missing during hikeThu, Oct 29, 8:57 AM EDT
- Fox NewsDeputies find bodies of missing college students who went hiking on treacherous mountain trailThu, Oct 29, 3:00 PM EDT
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