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Missing camper found dead near Marblemount

The Columbian
Published: October 24, 2014, 12:00am

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — The Skagit County sheriff’s office says human remains found last month by a hiker near Marblemount have been identified as a camper missing since August of last year.

The Skagit Valley Herald reports 61-year-old Thomas McCoy of Arlington failed to return from a solo camping trip and a weeklong search found no sign of him.

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