By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
Search crews looking for a missing snowshoer on Mount Rainer located his body yesterday next to Edith Creek in the Paradise area.
The 37-year-old man from Puyallup disappeared during Saturday evening’s winter storm that dropped 20 inches of snow in 48 hours.
Mount Rainier National Park spokesperson Patti Wold reported in a news release the Pierce County medical examiner would make the formal identification; the Associated Press reports today he is Louis Landry of Puyallup.
According to Wold, Landry was forced to descend because of severe conditions and was taken into a shelter by another party, but the shelter was destroyed and they became separated as they headed to Paradise.
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For background, read “News brief: Puyallup man missing in Paradise backcountry” from Monday December 29, 2014, here
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