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Police: Missing Hiker Found Dead In New Mexico Mountains

CHAMA, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say a hiker missing since last fall has been found dead in a northern New Mexico mountain campground and say he apparently died of exposure.

New Mexico State Police say the body has been identified as Stephen Olshansky and that it appears he died while hiking along the Continental Divide.

Police say his last known address was in Boynton Beach, Florida.

An autopsy will be conducted. Police say there's no sign of foul play.

Police say hikers reported seeing a body Saturday at a National Forest campground in mountains east of Chama near the New Mexico-Colorado line.

Officers couldn't reach the site Saturday because of impassable terrain and snow drifts, but reached it Sunday on all-terrain vehicles

The campground is above 10,000 feet elevation.