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Does anyone remember a story a few years ago about 2 hikers who got lost and one killed the other?

I remember watching this on a nighttime news program, something like 48 Hours or Primetime. The story involved 2 young men in Utah? Colorado? who went out for a short hike and lost their bearings. They ended up lost for something like 10 days with no food, no water, and both became dehydrated and delirious. They found a piece of paper and pen and both wrote goodbye notes to their families, thinking they'd never be rescued. During the night, one of the men woke up to the sound of the other man in horrible pain and the man begged his friend to kill him because they were starving to death. The man killed his friend and rescuers found the man and the deceased the next day only one mile from their car. If I remember right, the man was prosecuted and was facing or had done jail time even tho the friend had put in writing that he wanted his friend to kill him. Does anyone remember this story? Could you please provide a link? I've searched every way I can think and can't find it. TY!

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  • 1 decade ago
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    I totally remember hearing about that. Dude...a mile from the car. What idiots!!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Sort of remember- about 1998? Arizona area, outside of Grand Canyon area? Defense was mercy killing, assisted suicide, not premeditated murder. Charges were dropped to something like a negligent manslaughter level with a probable 5 year probation sentence?

  • 1 decade ago

    It sounds like a movie called Gerry starring matt damon and casey affleck , dunno if it was based on a true story

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