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Body found during search for missing man in Horsetooth Mountain Open Space

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UPDATE | Sunday, 3:35 p.m. — The man found deceased in Horsetooth Mountain Open Space has bene identified as 29-year-old, Torin Thorsgard, of Fort Collins. An autopsy was performed and ruled that Thorsgard died of a blunt force injury to the head. The manner of death is accident.

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LARIMER COUNTY, Colo. — Authorities found a body under a rock ledge in Horsetooth Mountain Open Space Sunday afternoon during a search for a missing man.

Around 6:45 p.m. on Saturday, the Larimer County Sheriff's Office received a report of a missing man in Horsetooth Mountain Open Space.

A group of hikers said they had become separated from each other and were missing a member of their party. Multiple agencies — including Emergency Services personnel, deputies, rangers from Larimer County Department of Natural Resources, Larimer County Search and Rescue, Poudre Fire Authority, and UCHealth medical crews — searched until midnight, when the operation was put on hold until daylight.

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The search resumed around 7 a.m. Sunday.

Around noon Sunday, the sheriff's office posted a tweet about the search, saying a man named Torin Thorsgard had gone missing the night prior. That tweet has since been deleted.

At 12:25 p.m., a deceased man was found under a rock ledge, the sheriff's office said. The body was recovered and the incident remains under investigation.

On Sunday, the Larimer County Coroner's Office confirmed the body recovered from the trail was that of Thorsgard. His cause of death was determined to be blunt force trauma to the head. The manner of death was ruled accidental.