Missouri deputy attorney general found alive 6 days after vanishing in Wyoming wilderness

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Today's Top Stories - August 28, 2026

Today's Top Stories - August 28, 2026

A Missouri deputy attorney general has been found alive six days after authorities said he vanished during a hike through the Wyoming wilderness.  

Shaun Mackelprang, 55, was rescued by helicopter on Wednesday morning near Scott Lake in the Wind River Range, a roughly 100-mile-long mountain range in western Wyoming, according to the Sublette County Sheriff’s Office.

The sheriff’s office said Mackelprang set out from the Green River Lakes trailhead on Aug. 20 with plans to end at Gannett Peak, the state’s tallest mountain at 13,804 feet.

Search and rescue efforts began after he was reported missing and his vehicle was found at the........

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