BRECKENRIDGE, Colo.—Authorities have confirmed a body found in Breckenridge is that of Alphonse “Michael” Barbiere, a New Jersey man missing since Feb. 9.
Summit County Coroner Joanne Richardson said Wednesday that Barbiere died of hypothermia. Police say his death was accidental.
Authorities said the 23-year-old Wall Street trader from Wyckoff, N.J., was “highly intoxicated” when he was last seen leaving a bar.
Richardson says toxicology tests have not been completed.
Barbiere was vacationing with friends when he disappeared. A search at the time turned up no sign of him.
On Friday night, a resident found a credit card belonging to Barbiere on the side of a highway. Searchers found his body in a field the next day.
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Information from: Summit Daily News,
