Newb
11-30-2006, 08:52
I found this story a little confusing...I think she was hunting "near" the trail and died on it...It needs deciphering.
http://www.nj.com/news/expresstimes/pa/index.ssf?/base/news-8/1164776752208290.xml&coll=2
Pair hunting near state game lands. Husband found woman's body, which was cold to the touch.
Wednesday, November 29, 206 By MICHELLE PITTMAN
The Express-Times
ELDRED TWP. | Several agencies in Northampton and Monroe counties worked together Tuesday to investigate the death of a woman on the Appalachian Trail near state game lands.
The woman was found in Monroe County, just over the border of Moore Township in Northampton County.
http://ads.nj.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_nx.ads/www.nj.com/xml/story/express_times/np/npa/@StoryAd?x (http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/)Carol Applegate, 57, was hunting with her husband Tuesday morning when the pair separated, according to Monroe County Coroner Dave Thomas. When her husband returned to meet up with Applegate, he found her in the same position where he had left her. He reported that her lips were blue and her body was cold to the touch.
Northampton County 911 first received a call about the woman at 2:44 p.m. Officers were still in the area after 8 p.m.
"It took some time to get out there, because they were about 3 miles off the beaten path," Thomas said. "We had to use all-terrain vehicles to get out to where they were."
An autopsy is scheduled for Thursday morning.
"There's no reason to believe there was foul play involved," Thomas said. "There are no signs of trauma."
Thomas was uncertain where Applegate was from but said it was either Northampton or Lehigh county.
Pennsylvania State Police at Lehighton sent a crime scene recovery unit to the area at 4:30 p.m. With sunlight fading, officers requested flashlights and fire gear to continue their work.
A Moore Township police officer suffered an ankle injury while responding.
http://www.nj.com/news/expresstimes/pa/index.ssf?/base/news-8/1164776752208290.xml&coll=2
Pair hunting near state game lands. Husband found woman's body, which was cold to the touch.
Wednesday, November 29, 206 By MICHELLE PITTMAN
The Express-Times
ELDRED TWP. | Several agencies in Northampton and Monroe counties worked together Tuesday to investigate the death of a woman on the Appalachian Trail near state game lands.
The woman was found in Monroe County, just over the border of Moore Township in Northampton County.
http://ads.nj.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_nx.ads/www.nj.com/xml/story/express_times/np/npa/@StoryAd?x (http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/)Carol Applegate, 57, was hunting with her husband Tuesday morning when the pair separated, according to Monroe County Coroner Dave Thomas. When her husband returned to meet up with Applegate, he found her in the same position where he had left her. He reported that her lips were blue and her body was cold to the touch.
Northampton County 911 first received a call about the woman at 2:44 p.m. Officers were still in the area after 8 p.m.
"It took some time to get out there, because they were about 3 miles off the beaten path," Thomas said. "We had to use all-terrain vehicles to get out to where they were."
An autopsy is scheduled for Thursday morning.
"There's no reason to believe there was foul play involved," Thomas said. "There are no signs of trauma."
Thomas was uncertain where Applegate was from but said it was either Northampton or Lehigh county.
Pennsylvania State Police at Lehighton sent a crime scene recovery unit to the area at 4:30 p.m. With sunlight fading, officers requested flashlights and fire gear to continue their work.
A Moore Township police officer suffered an ankle injury while responding.