MONTROSE, Colo. (AP) - Authorities say a man whose skeletal remains were found west of Montrose died of hypothermia.
The Montrose County coroner’s office says hunters found the remains of 56-year-old Gerry “Hoop” Reed, of Nucla, in the Sawmill Mesa area of the Uncompahgre Plateau on Oct. 29. His death has been ruled an accident.
An examination at a forensics lab in north Texas positively identified the remains.
No other information has been released.
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