Overview
- Shaun Mackelprang, a deputy attorney general from Missouri, was located by rescuers near Scott Lake and airlifted to safety after six days missing in the Wind River Range.
- He left the Green River Lakes Trailhead on Aug. 20 to attempt Gannett Peak, Wyoming’s highest summit, and his parked vehicle at the trailhead triggered the search when he did not return.
- Search teams from the Sublette County Sheriff’s Office, Tip Top Search and Rescue volunteers, a sheriff’s drone team and a rescue helicopter searched the rugged area and helped locate him on Wednesday morning.
- Family members and summit-register entries indicate Mackelprang reached the summit and likely became disoriented and dehydrated on the descent, though officials have not released a full account.
- Missouri Attorney General Catherine L. Hanaway and local authorities praised rescuers and the public who shared photos and GPS data, and Mackelprang is receiving medical care while investigators piece together details.