Searchers found two missing Colorado Mountain College students dead in the Rocky Mountains
Two Colorado Mountain College students, Kaden Matsuda, 19, and Jackson Donlon, 20, were found dead Wednesday after disappearing during a weekend hiking and climbing trip in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains as a heavy snowstorm hit. The sheriff’s office said they were found in a basin of West Apostle Mountain. Friends and family described both as experienced hikers and climbers.
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Two Colorado Mountain College students, Kaden Matsuda, 19, of Ridgway, Colorado, and Jackson Donlon, 20, of Queensbury, New York, were found dead Wednesday after going missing during a weekend trip in the Rocky Mountains. The Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office said searchers found them near each other at about 3:30 p.m. in a basin of West Apostle Mountain, about 100 miles southeast of Aspen. A heavy snowstorm hit during their trip. Friends and family described Matsuda and Donlon as experienced hikers and climbers. The sheriff’s office said their climbing equipment was not in their dorms, tent or vehicle, suggesting they left their tent prepared for a technical climb. Trash in the tent indicated they had eaten before starting their hike, officials said.
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- Killeen Daily Herald — 2 college students found dead after going missing during Colorado hike | News | kdhnews.com
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- The Denver Post — Missing college students found dead in Colorado mountains
- Star Beacon — 2 college students found dead after going missing during Colorado hike
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kdhnews.com, The Guardian, starbeacon.com, and The Seattle Times report the AP account that the two missing Colorado college students were found dead. The Denver Post and NewYorkUpstate.com also report the deaths in separate accounts; ABC News reported only that the pair remained missing before they were found.