An Iraq war veteran who allegedly killed an armed ranger Mount Rainier National Park successfully avoid wearing a SWAT team and snowshoe at his dog trail for nearly a day. He cannot, however, escape the cold.
The plane looking for secluded wilderness Benjamin Colton Barnes, 24, on Monday found the bodies lying partially submerged in the river of the iceberg, snow with snow bank stands a few meters on each side.
“He was wearing a t-shirt, jeans and tennis shoes. It was, “Pierce County Sheriff’s spokesman Ed Troyer said.
Barnes did not have any external wounds and seems to have died due to the elements, he said. Medical examiners were on the scene to determine the cause of death. Troyer said two guns were recovered, but he refused to say where they are.
According to police and court documents, Barnes has troubled transition to civilian life, with her boyfriend’s ex says in a child custody dispute that he was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder following His Iraq deployment and committed suicide.