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Searchers found the soaked bodies of 36-year-old David Decareaux and the two boys – ages 8 and 10 – on the Ozark Trail on Sunday, a day after Decareaux declined a passerby's offer of a ride back to the lodge where they had been staying, Reynolds County Sheriff Tom Volner said. The cold had killed them, he said.
The three were found along the trail, about thirty miles from the lodge owner’s home. Police say the father had several wounds on his legs, and speculate that he had become confused with hypothermia and may have fallen several times.
Hartrum described Decareaux, who lived in Millstadt, Ill., as a doting father and spiritual man who had retired from the Air Force in recent years and was working with the Defense Department in a job he couldn't discuss, even privately. Karen Petitt, a spokeswoman at southwestern Illinois' Scott Air Force Base, said Decareaux worked there for the Pentagon's Defense Information Systems Agency.
Originally posted by Juggernog
I read about this earlier today.. Its really strange that all three of them died after one night in the elements
Originally posted by Obsrvr
Why. No. Autopsies?
This one smells bad.
Classified defense work.
Why did the kids have to pay for it?edit on 1/14/13 by Obsrvr because: (no reason given)
Huffington is saying no autopsies yet ABC is saying they are going to do autopsies.
Originally posted by hhcore
How do they know he was interesting? He didn't talk about his work...
I think the circumstances are really what's interesting here.
Originally posted by Obsrvr
Originally posted by hhcore
How do they know he was interesting? He didn't talk about his work...
I think the circumstances are really what's interesting here.
He just put the comma in the wrong place in the headline.
Originally posted by Advantage
Millstadt is the town over from me and where the dad worked is where my husband works. Lots of talk about this .. everyone says he was very experienced and a good guy. However, the temp dropped fast and hard around here and in Mo at that time.. and then ice. I guess like we all know, autopsies will tell all... but there are many many DoD workers here in this area due to the base.. if they had to knock them all off for knowing something, we'd be tripping over their bodies.
Originally posted by Juggernog
reply to post by tport17
Hes just an airforce vet right? You do know that the AF's basic training is considered the easiest, unless he was a PJ?
Originally posted by tport17
Originally posted by Advantage
Millstadt is the town over from me and where the dad worked is where my husband works. Lots of talk about this .. everyone says he was very experienced and a good guy. However, the temp dropped fast and hard around here and in Mo at that time.. and then ice. I guess like we all know, autopsies will tell all... but there are many many DoD workers here in this area due to the base.. if they had to knock them all off for knowing something, we'd be tripping over their bodies.
I'm in Missouri but nowhere near this area. Thank you for the info!
Do most of the people at your husband's work believe he died from the cold, I guess?
Originally posted by Libertygal
What makes less sense is why an experienced hiker would take children 30 miles from their cabin, knowing full well what the weather for at least a week, let alone that day, was expected to be. 30 miles is a looong way for kids, I don't care who you are.
The three were found along the trail, about thirty miles from the lodge owner’s home.
Boy Scouts of America, Lewis & Clark Council of Belleville have released this statement:
“We offer our heartfelt condolences to the Decareaux family and all the Scouts and Scouters in Pack 323 for the tragic loss this past weekend. David Decareaux was a den leader and Dominic (10) and Grant (8) were both Cub Scouts. As a Scouting family, we will keep them in our thoughts and prayers.”