McKenna Fowler was last seen at 11th Avenue and Main St. in Longmont around 5 p.m. May 20, just after she finished her shift at Ziggi’s Coffee. Less than two hours later a group of fly-fishing guides noticed a body floating in face down in the Big Thompson River near mile marker 65 on U.S. 34 east of Estes Park.
Though bystanders attempted to perform CPR while they awaited an ambulance, and was pronounced dead 15 hours later at the Medical Center of the Rockies.
The Larimer County Coroner’s Office does not suspect foul play, but the Larimer County Sheriff’s Department still cannot find Fowler’s car — a metallic gray 2014 Toyota Rav4 SLE, with Colorado license plates ABAQ33.
Because of Fowler’s lack of interest in the outdoors, her family and the sheriff’s department are having a hard time piecing together what happened, or why she was even in Estes Park in the first place. Without the car, it makes it all the more difficult.
“Growing up she was never one to ask our parents to go to the mountains,” her elder brother, Sean Fowler, said. “It was a place she was just very unfamiliar with. Really every person that we’ve talked to trying to explore her last living days has completely been caught off guard by that.”
Anyone with information and businesses with security cameras along U.S. 34are asked to contact the Larimer County Sheriff’s Department at 970-498-5177.
The family is working on setting a date for the 20-year old’s funeral, but they do know it will be held at Red Rocks Amphitheater, a place she loved to go see concerts with her friends.
“What she loved most were her friends and family,” Sean Fowler said. “She was in a really good place in her life, she effortlessly excelled in all things academic and was in a very optimistic position, looking forward to her future. This was surprising to all of us, she had a lot of potential, but she was very, very well loved and she knew it.
“We’re trying to connect the dots from when her coworkers last saw her and Estes Park where she was found so we can get our family some closure.”
