The unidentified 14-year-old died alongside his mother Rebecca Vance, 42; and his aunt Christine Vance, 41, sometime after the trio decided to abandon civilization in Colorado Springs last summer despite having little outdoor survival experience.
All three died of malnutrition and hypothermia, according to the Gunnison County Coroner’s Office autopsy reports obtained by the Colorado Sun.
The young boy wasted down to less than half of the average weight of boys his age which is 112 pounds, according to the CDC.
Empty food cans and survival guides littered the remote campsite in Gunnison County where the bodies were discovered in July but there was no food — or heaters — in sight, the Sun reported.
A hiker found the boy’s mummified body on July 9 near Gold Creek Campground and investigators who responded discovered the remains of his aunt and mother inside a blue tent at the isolated encampment more than 100 miles from their former home in Colorado Springs.
The stepsister of the two women previously told The Post that the teenager had mixed feelings about his mother’s plan to live off the land.
“He was scared and excited at the same time,” Trevala Jara said in late July. “He was only 13 when they left. He didn’t know what living off the grid entails at all, but he wanted to be with his mom.”
Jara said that his mother Rebecca wanted to start a new life by escaping to the wilderness and convinced her younger sister to join them.
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All three died of malnutrition and hypothermia, according to the Gunnison County Coroner’s Office autopsy reports obtained by the Colorado Sun.
The young boy wasted down to less than half of the average weight of boys his age which is 112 pounds, according to the CDC.
Empty food cans and survival guides littered the remote campsite in Gunnison County where the bodies were discovered in July but there was no food — or heaters — in sight, the Sun reported.
A hiker found the boy’s mummified body on July 9 near Gold Creek Campground and investigators who responded discovered the remains of his aunt and mother inside a blue tent at the isolated encampment more than 100 miles from their former home in Colorado Springs.
The stepsister of the two women previously told The Post that the teenager had mixed feelings about his mother’s plan to live off the land.
“He was scared and excited at the same time,” Trevala Jara said in late July. “He was only 13 when they left. He didn’t know what living off the grid entails at all, but he wanted to be with his mom.”
Jara said that his mother Rebecca wanted to start a new life by escaping to the wilderness and convinced her younger sister to join them.
Teen found dead trying to live off the grid with mom and aunt weighed only 40 pounds: autopsy
The young boy wasted down to less than half of the average weight of boys his age which is 112 pounds, according to the CDC.
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