Remains Found Thought to Be German Hiker Missing Since 1983

Remains Found Thought to Be German Hiker Missing Since 1983
Aerial search operations in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado on Feb. 20, 1983. Rocky Mountain National Park via AP
The Associated Press
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ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, Colo.—Skeletal remains found in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park are believed to be those of a 27-year-old man from West Germany who disappeared during a multi-day mountaineering trip nearly 40 years ago, park officials said Thursday.

Rudi Moder, an experienced winter mountaineer who was living in Fort Collins, started his excursion over Thunder Pass and into the park Feb. 13, 1983. His roommate reported him overdue Feb. 19, 1983.