Overview
- Local authorities found 72-year-old Bill McGinley on a bike trail in Coyote Run Open Space on Friday, July 30, the Boulder County Coroner’s Office reported.
- McGinley had gone missing after a morning bike ride on July 29 and remained unlocated for two days before his body was discovered.
- Nathan James used Instagram to ask followers for help during the search and later posted a video tribute announcing his father’s death and asking for privacy.
- Officials have not disclosed a cause of death and the coroner’s report is the key next development to determine what happened.
- Reports describe McGinley as a former professor and poet but conflict over which university he taught at, and friends and followers have offered condolences as the family grieves.