Rafter missing for nearly a year found dead in Colorado River
By: | Published: 2025-06-05 21:46:00 | Source: www.denverpost.com
The body of a rafter missing for nearly a year was found in the Colorado River last month, Grand County officials announced Wednesday.
Thomas Russell, a 61-year-old Littleton man, was reported missing last June after a rafting accident that also killed Brent Boulter, a 56-year-old from Aurora, according to a news release from the Grand County Sheriff’s Office. A third person on the raft survived.
Sheriff’s officials said the accident happened just before 4 p.m. June 2, 2024, in the Yarmony Rapids area of the Colorado River.
River Rangers from the Bureau of Land Management, search and rescue crews, drones and Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers searched the river for days after the accident, but couldn’t find Russell.
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