TRAGEDY

Body Found After Colorado College Student Went Missing

Megan Trussell was last seen in her dormitory a week ago.

A body has been found in the search for Megan Trussell, a University of Colorado Boulder student who went missing last week. Officials confirmed on Saturday that they had recovered a body matching Trussell’s description at Boulder Canyon in “hard-to-reach terrain.” “The decedent’s name is not being released at this time, pending identification confirmation and notification of next of kin,” the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement, according to ABC News. “The Boulder County Coroner’s Office will also determine the cause and manner of death.” The statement said that park rangers first reported finding the body on Saturday morning. Those extracting the body had to use a rappel due to the difficult terrain. Boulder Canyon Drive, near where the body was recovered, was closed “to allow investigators access to recover the decedent, conduct the investigation and for the safety of first responders working in the area due [to] hazardous road conditions created by the weather.” Trussell was last seen Feb. 9 in her dorm hall wearing dark yoga-style pants, a blue-gray jacket, and white platform sneakers.