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Body recoveryOutcome: FatalHypothermia

Body recovery — Mount Washington, May 28, 2016

·Mount Washington·Lion Head Trail / Alpine Garden Trail area (~5,300 ft); some outlets reported off the Tuckerman Ravine Trail

François Carrier, 47, of Drummondville, Quebec

Carrier was last seen on the Mount Washington Auto Road on May 9, 2016, and reported missing May 12. After an extensive search, passing hikers found his body on May 28 at about 5,300 feet. An autopsy attributed death to environmental hypothermia.

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