Boy, 5, Found Dead on Alaska Hiking Trail

Boy, 5, Found Dead on Alaska Hiking Trail
Stream near Lunch Creek Trail, Alaska, where Jennifer Treat and her son Jaxson Brown were lost on Wednesday, March 25. Alaska.org
Victor Westerkamp
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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.
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