By Jenna deJong, Summit Daily
Keystone resident Jarrod Russell, 34, died of hypothermia in January after he tried to walk home from a party in the dark, according to Dillon Police Department records.
On Sunday, Jan. 9, authorities were dispatched near the Dillon Nature Preserve on High Meadow Drive around 10:40 a.m. Hikers had been using one of the trails nearby when they noticed a shoe on the side of the trail. Russell’s body was located nearby. He was found without a shirt on and with only one shoe on his right foot, along with shallow cut marks on his back and on his left arm. No other signs of trauma were found.
Police records state that authorities tracked Russell’s path north from High Meadow Drive about 735 feet and then approximately 300 feet toward the southwest where he crossed a barbed wire fence, which they attribute to his minor cuts. Russell was found on a north-facing slope which, due to terrain features, had not received any sun exposure that day. A light dusting of snow was found on Russell’s lower body, his right arm and his upper chest.
Russell was quickly identified using the Keystone employee lanyard found around his neck and through the Colorado Crime Information Center as well as the National Crime Information Center. Though he lived in Keystone, Russell is originally from the Huntsville, Alabama area.
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