BOULDER — The Boulder County coroner has ruled the death in a mountain area of former University of Colorado football star Tennyson McCarty a suicide.
“The cause of death is environmental exposure (cold) with a contributing condition of multiple blunt force injuries,” coroner Tom Faure wrote.
Faure’s findings were reported in the Boulder Daily Camera.
Family and friends of McCarty were skeptical.
Eric McCarty, Tennyson’s brother, says no one will ever know what happened during the three days he was missing northeast of Peaceful Valley near the Peak to Peak Highway the week of Oct. 15.
“They’ve worked hard, but they can’t answer exactly what happened,” Eric McCarty said.
Tennyson McCarty, 32, lettered as a tight end for Bill McCartney’s and Rick Neuheisel’s Buffs from 1994 to 1997 and played on Boulder High’s 1992 state championship team. He helped form a traveling magic and Christian ministry act after college.
