RMNP SEARCH FOR CADET CANDIDATE SUSPENDED
Search efforts for a missing U.S. Air Force Academy cadet candidate on Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park have been suspended.
Micah Tice, 20, was last seen at about 8 a.m. Nov. 24 by park visitors in the Battle Mountain area, according to park officials.
“The visitors indicated the weather was terrible at the Longs Peak Trailhead and that visibility and weather conditions continued to worsen,” according to an RMNP news release.
Tice was wearing a black sweatshirt, black sweatpants, black hat, black lightweight gloves, tennis shoes and a light blue backpack.
Tice’s vehicle was found at the Longs Peak Trailhead at about 3:30 p.m. Nov. 26. A search of Longs Peak started the next morning.
Over a seven-day search period, ground and aerial teams covered about a 10-square-mile area, park officials said.
Harsh winter conditions — including extreme winds, low visibility, bitter wind chills, below freezing temperatures, deep snow and high avalanche danger — have hampered search efforts.
Man arrested in Wyoming agrees to extradition to Colorado. POWELL,
WYO.» A man who was arrested in northwest Wyoming after police say he confessed to killing his girlfriend in their suburban Denver apartment has agreed to be extradited to Colorado.
The Powell Tribune reported Tuesday that 22-year-old Jonathan Akin initially declined to sign an extradition waiver but agreed after speaking with his court-appointed attorney.
Authorities say Akin surrendered to police in Powell on Nov. 27, and officers found 21-year-old Autumn Rivera dead in the trunk of his car.
According to an arrest warrant, Akin told authorities he killed Rivera in Thornton, but he did not remember how because he had “blacked out.” Akin then drove to Wyoming and spent the night at his mother’s house in Deaver.
Anonymous donor pays off $45K layaway at Longmont Walmart.
Christmas came early for some shoppers at a Walmart in Longmont.
KUSA-TV reported that Walmart officials said an anonymous donor paid off all the layaway items at the Longmont store on East Ken Pratt Boulevard.
A company spokesperson says the donation totaled nearly $45,000.
A mystery donor last week paid off all of the Christmas layaway items at a Walmart in Uniondale, N.Y. Another donor did the same last month at a Walmart in Derby, Vt.
Layaway allows shoppers to pay for their items in increments over time. The items remain in stores until they are paid off.
State grant to help Colorado hospitals document sex assault.
A hospital in Colorado plans to use a state grant to help victims of sexual assault.
Mercy Regional Medical Center in Durango says it will expand staff hours for nurse examiners who respond to reports of sexual assault.
The $75,000 grant will also help pay for new equipment and education. The funding is part of almost $1 million to be split between 10 hospitals in the Centura Health system.