PORTLAND — An Appalachian Trail hiker who died after getting lost in the woods of Maine did the right thing by setting up camp to wait for help, officials say. But the guidance evolved into a gray area, they said, after she went a week without being rescued. Rita Hennessy from the National Park Service, which […]
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Geraldine Largay: ‘When you find my body, please call my husband George’
AUGUSTA — An Appalachian Trail hiker whose remains were discovered last year survived at least 26 days after getting lost, kept a journal of her ordeal and ultimately resigned herself to the idea she was going to die and it could be years before her remains were located, according to investigatory documents. Geraldine Largay, who […]
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Autopsy report says Geraldine Largay died in sleeping bag inside tent
The Search for Geraldine Largay: More information on the Appalacian Trail hiker’s disappearance AUGUSTA — An Appalachian Trail hiker whose remains were found in Maine last year after she’d been missing for more than two years died insider her sleeping bag inside her tent, an autopsy report shows. WMTW-TV quotes the report as saying that […]
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Maine wardens: Lost AT hiker Largay died of exposure and lack of food, water
AUGUSTA — The Maine Warden Service has confirmed that remains found in the woods on Oct. 14 are those of lost Appalachian Trail hiker Geraldine Largay. The chief medical examiner determined she died an accidental death because of lack of food and water and environmental exposure, according to a news release issued Friday afternoon. Largay’s remains […]
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Wardens don’t suspect foul play in Geraldine Largay’s death
Coverage The Search for Geraldine Largay: Complete coverage of the search since she went missing. AUGUSTA — The remains of an Appalachian Trail hiker missing for more than two years were likely discovered about 3,000 feet from the trail in a densely wooded area in Franklin County on Wednesday. However, many questions about the disappearance […]
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Warden service believes remains of missing hiker Geraldine Largay found
UPDATED: 1:26 P.M.: AUGUSTA — The Maine Warden Service says the remains found Wednesday are likely those of Geraldine Largay. The remains were found by contractor doing an environmental survey on U.S. Navy property. Contractor reported finding to the Navy. Scene — 3,000 feet off the Applalachian Trail — consisted of skeletal remains, clothing and equipment. There […]
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Maine Appalachian Trail hiker still missing one year later
One doesn’t vanish without a trace from the Appalachian Trail in Maine. But Geraldine “Gerry” Anita Largay, 66, did a year ago Tuesday. However, Maine’s biggest-ever search for a missing AT hiker didn’t start right away. When Largay failed to show up at a prearranged meeting place with her husband, George, on Route 27 in […]
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Maine resumes search for AT hiker missing since 2013
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP — Authorities have resumed searching for a Tennessee hiker missing from the Appalachian Trail in Maine since July 2013. Maine’s Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife says Maine game wardens, state police, the Maine Association of Search and Rescue and federal border patrol workers resumed the search for 66-year-old Geraldine Largay on Tuesday. […]
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Wardens focus search for missing AT hiker Geraldine Largay on about 4.2 square miles
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — The search for a missing hiker from Tennessee was intensified and concentrated Sunday, but no new clues were found, according to the Maine Warden Service. The service also said the search effort, which has gone on for more than 10 days, would be “extensively scaled back.” As many as 115 wardens and […]
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Inside the struggle to find missing hiker Geraldine Largay
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Looking for a person lost in the wilderness is often compared to looking for a needle in a haystack. In reality, it’s far more difficult than that. “When you think about the total square footage of a person’s body — whether they are lying down or standing up — and you think about trying […]