A search team found the body of Morris K. Udall’s son, James “Randy” Udall, in Wyoming’s Wind River Range on Wednesday after he didn’t return from a solo backpacking trip, AP reports
Udall, 61, who grew up in Tucson while his father represented the city in Congress, had left June 20 for a weeklong trek. He set off from a trailhead 10 miles northwest of Pinedale. He was due back a week ago.
An aerial team spotted Udall’s body on its side, in open, rolling terrain, Sublette County sheriff’s officials said.
While an autopsy is forthcoming, it appears he died of natural causes, the family said in a statement released by the office of Randy Udall’s brother, U.S. Sen. Mark Udall of Colorado.
