SavageLlama
10-19-2005, 16:31
Wow. This news today has got to top the craziest year of trail-related oddities...
Students on field trip find body along Appalachian Trail
Associated Press
Wed, Oct. 19, 2005
DELAWARE WATER GAP, Pa. - A group of seventh-graders hiking the Appalachian Trail as part of a school field trip stumbled on the body of a fugitive who had been shot in the head, authorities said.
Police identified the man as Russell Aaron Good Jr., 45, of Allentown, who was wanted by Allentown police on a rape charge. Good died of a gunshot wound to the head, according to the Monroe County coroner's office.
State police are investigating the death. Investigators did not immediately return a phone call Wednesday.
A group of about 140 students at Bangor Area Middle School, six staff members and at least six parents were nearing the end of their hike in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area on Tuesday when several adults spotted Good's body about 1 p.m.
"It looked very much like he was sleeping," said Traci Rumsey, a language arts teacher at the middle school. "We got the kids out of there, and I contacted the principal, and he took over from there."
Rumsey said the body was found on a ledge.
Bangor Area School District Superintendent John Reinhart said some students saw the body "from a distance." He said two students and several of the adults became upset by the discovery, and counselors were made available.
The 7.7-mile hike is held annually as part of the school's life science program. Students identify plants and trees, learn about the geology of the Delaware Water Gap and discuss American Indians, then write about the experience.
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http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/103-10192005-557417.html (http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/103-10192005-557417.html)
Students on field trip find body along Appalachian Trail
Associated Press
Wed, Oct. 19, 2005
DELAWARE WATER GAP, Pa. - A group of seventh-graders hiking the Appalachian Trail as part of a school field trip stumbled on the body of a fugitive who had been shot in the head, authorities said.
Police identified the man as Russell Aaron Good Jr., 45, of Allentown, who was wanted by Allentown police on a rape charge. Good died of a gunshot wound to the head, according to the Monroe County coroner's office.
State police are investigating the death. Investigators did not immediately return a phone call Wednesday.
A group of about 140 students at Bangor Area Middle School, six staff members and at least six parents were nearing the end of their hike in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area on Tuesday when several adults spotted Good's body about 1 p.m.
"It looked very much like he was sleeping," said Traci Rumsey, a language arts teacher at the middle school. "We got the kids out of there, and I contacted the principal, and he took over from there."
Rumsey said the body was found on a ledge.
Bangor Area School District Superintendent John Reinhart said some students saw the body "from a distance." He said two students and several of the adults became upset by the discovery, and counselors were made available.
The 7.7-mile hike is held annually as part of the school's life science program. Students identify plants and trees, learn about the geology of the Delaware Water Gap and discuss American Indians, then write about the experience.
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http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/103-10192005-557417.html (http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/103-10192005-557417.html)