Searchers find man alive, teenager dead after hunters go missing in Alpine County
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 10/24/2012 - 8:17am
Search crews on Tuesday found a hunter alive in Alpine County but suffering from severe hypothermia and then three hours later found his teenage nephew dead.
Devin Andrew Smith, 40, of Douglas Flat, Calif., and his nephew, Taylor Brent Dustin, 14, of Angels Camp, Calif., were camping in the Hermit Valley area about 22 miles south of Lake Tahoe and did not return from a deer hunt on Sunday, the Alpine County Sheriff's Office said.
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