Search scaled back for Texas hunter missing in Colo.
Associated Press
MEEKER, Colo. — Authorities said today they have scaled back a search for hunter from Texas who was last seen five days ago in northwestern Colorado before a heavy snowstorm moved in.
Walter Eugene Benskin, 53, of Santa Fe, Texas, was last seen Wednesday near 10,343-foot Ripple Creek Pass about 125 miles west of Denver and 30 miles southwest of Steamboat Springs, the Rio Blanco County Sheriff's Department said.
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Benskin was hunting with his son-in-law when they separated and the son-in-law, whose name was not released, went back to their camp for a jacket, the sheriff's department said. Benskin did not return to the camp that evening.
Later Wednesday, a snowstorm dropped about 2 feet of snow in the area.
Search-and-rescue crews from Rio Blanco, Garfield and Mesa counties, Meeker Fire and Rescue, a tracking dog and a National Guard helicopter have participated in the hunt for Benskin but found no trace, authorities said.
A smaller group including relatives of Benskin searched again Sunday and another aerial search was planned Tuesday, authorities said.
Associated Press
MEEKER, Colo. — Authorities said today they have scaled back a search for hunter from Texas who was last seen five days ago in northwestern Colorado before a heavy snowstorm moved in.
Walter Eugene Benskin, 53, of Santa Fe, Texas, was last seen Wednesday near 10,343-foot Ripple Creek Pass about 125 miles west of Denver and 30 miles southwest of Steamboat Springs, the Rio Blanco County Sheriff's Department said.
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Benskin was hunting with his son-in-law when they separated and the son-in-law, whose name was not released, went back to their camp for a jacket, the sheriff's department said. Benskin did not return to the camp that evening.
Later Wednesday, a snowstorm dropped about 2 feet of snow in the area.
Search-and-rescue crews from Rio Blanco, Garfield and Mesa counties, Meeker Fire and Rescue, a tracking dog and a National Guard helicopter have participated in the hunt for Benskin but found no trace, authorities said.
A smaller group including relatives of Benskin searched again Sunday and another aerial search was planned Tuesday, authorities said.
