A 5-year-old boy was found dead on an Alaska hiking trail days after his mother left him to seek help after the two became disoriented and lost, state troopers said.
Five-year-old Jaxson Brown was found on Lunch Creek trail in Ketchikan County by rescue workers on Saturday afternoon, the Ketchikan Daily News reported. Jaxson’s mother, 36-year-old Jennifer Treat, was found 3 miles up the trail on Friday.