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Tag: Missing Persons

Megan Trussell’s Legacy Drives New Colorado Missing Student Law
DENVER7, Approved, State

Megan Trussell’s Legacy Drives New Colorado Missing Student Law

By Danielle Kreutter | Denver7 Denver7 sits down with the parents of Megan Trussell, a CU student who was found dead in Boulder days after going missing, who championed the new law. DENVER — Megan Trussell's parents hope her legacy is one of justice and integrity. Through their support of SB26-120, which went into effect Aug. 12, they hope they continue to strive for that. "I hope that Megan is remembered. And, she is remembered as the person she was. As the unique, funny, magnetic person that she was," said Joe Trussell, Megan's father. The University of Colorado student disappeared in February 2025 and was found dead days later. Megan's parents have long been critical of the response when she first went missing. "One of the most frust...
Unanswered Questions Surround Deaths of Scientists Tied to Sensitive Programs
X.COM, Approved, National

Unanswered Questions Surround Deaths of Scientists Tied to Sensitive Programs

By: EKO | X.com Ten scientists connected to America’s most classified programs have died or vanished in ten months. No one is investigating all of them. Her hands were small on the steering wheel. Monica Jacinto Reza drove Angeles Crest Highway with the windows down and the morning air thinning as the road climbed. She was sixty years old, four feet eleven, a Materials and Processes Engineering Fellow at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Before JPL she spent thirty years at Aerojet Rocketdyne, where she co-invented a nickel-cobalt-chromium-aluminum alloy called Mondaloy that solved a strategic dependency the United States Air Force had been testifying about under oath for a decade: the inability to build a rocket engine that didn’t rely on Russian combustion hardware. ...
Families Mourn After Experienced Hunters Found Dead In Colorado Wilderness
Local, Approved, The Colorado Sun

Families Mourn After Experienced Hunters Found Dead In Colorado Wilderness

By Tracy Ross | The Colorado Sun Andrew Porter and Ian Stasko went missing in Rio Grande National Forest a week ago. Porter’s aunt posted on a GoFundMe page that both were found deceased. Two elk hunters missing since Friday were found dead Thursday morning by Colorado search and rescue teams, according to Lynne Runkle, the aunt of Andrew Porter, one of the missing men. “It is with a broken heart and through tears that I give you this update,” Runkle posted on a GoFundMe page she had set up to pay for the search. “Andrew Porter and Ian Stasko have both been found deceased. Their bodies were discovered earlier today by Colorado Search and Rescue. I will provide another update tomorrow. Please keep Andrew’s and Ian‘s families in your thoughts and prayers.” Saguache County Search ...
Families Offer $10,000 Reward as Two Hunters Remain Missing in Rugged Colorado Wilderness
Local, Approved, The Colorado Sun

Families Offer $10,000 Reward as Two Hunters Remain Missing in Rugged Colorado Wilderness

By Tracy Ross | The Colorado Sun Andrew Porter and Ian Stasko sent their last communication Sept. 11. Porter’s fiancée says they are experienced, but whatever happened “depends on if they were in sound mind, if they were disoriented or panicked, or if they were hypothermic.” A search is on for two experienced elk hunters who went missing in the Rio Grande National Forest in Conejos County on Sept. 11, and the fiancée of one is imploring people with experience hunting, hiking or traveling by horse in the rugged terrain on the New Mexico border north of Chama to head to the Rio de Los Pinos trailhead or surrounding area to help search. Andrew Porter and Ian Stasko, both 25, were last heard from Thursday afternoon at around 2:45 p.m. when Porter shared his location with his fiancée, ...