Hiker Death

[Seatbelt]

It has been confirmed that the hikers death was not a homicide.

Thanks for the info, good to know. My prayers are for the family.

[HikerMom58]

Thanks for the info, good to know. My prayers are for the family.

Yes, Thank you attroll. My heart goes out to the family. Sending warm thoughts and prayers their way.

[wren again]

Same man?
http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/News...#axzz2TSeGzb00
The Appalachian Trail Chaplain posted this link.

[max patch]

Same man?
http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/News...#axzz2TSeGzb00
The Appalachian Trail Chaplain posted this link.

No..............

[TOW]

sad............

[atmilkman]

Sympathy and prayers for this man, his family and friends.

[Lone Wolf]

According to his daughter, he was found unresponsive at a home near the AT and was pronounced dead. While the autopsy has not yet revealed a cause of death it did show that no foul play was involved.

I hope this stops the speculation as to what happened. At some point in time this thread will probably be read by a family member.

he was 12 miles away in Abingdon at some folks house. he befriended them on the Creeper trail. i talked at length with the couple yesterday

[TheYoungOne]

Abington PA is a suburb of Philly and Abington MA is a suburb of MA, so if you do a google search on homicides in Abington you are not going to find anything in VA. The only online news outlet that covers Abington VA (Washington County) is Southwestern VA news. The only thing that seems to be thru hiker related was that goofball driving thru Trail Days in Damascus. Nothing major happened in Abington. If it was murder it would have made front page headlines.

http://www.tricities.com/swvatoday/n...ington_county/


Sounds like natural causes. Hopefully it was and the guy did not have any pain.

[coach lou]

Abington PA is a suburb of Philly and Abington MA is a suburb of MA, so if you do a google search on homicides in Abington you are not going to find anything in VA. The only online news outlet that covers Abington VA (Washington County) is Southwestern VA news. The only thing that seems to be thru hiker related was that goofball driving thru Trail Days in Damascus. Nothing major happened in Abington. If it was murder it would have made front page headlines.

http://www.tricities.com/swvatoday/n...ington_county/


Sounds like natural causes. Hopefully it was and the guy did not have any pain.

The town I think you are referring to is Abing-D-on,Va. Which is just west of Damascus, Va. US of A

[forever27young]

so saddened to hear about this young man, all my sympathies to his family, my son was also killed on the trail so i know what they are going thro, my heart goes out to them.

[rickb]

Here is a link with a powerful story:


http://appalachiantrail.com/20131113...lachian-trail/

[TOW]

This hiker died of natural causes. His sister called me a couple of months back to tell me that the autopsy said his heart just stopped and there were no drugs in his system

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