Man sought in park ranger’s killing believed dead; body found

Ref: Ranger shot, killed at Mount Rainier National Park

Earlier Monday, Mount Rainier spokesman Kevin Bacher said the gunman, Benjamin Colton Barnes, was believed to be in the Paradise area of the park and that searchers hoped that the cold weather would affect him as he tried to evade the manhunt.

Authorities had been flying over the park using heat-seeking equipment and tracking the suspect through the snow until several law enforcement sources said that a body with “no heat signature” was found not far from Paradise about 10:20 am on the same day.

"The strong possibility is that it is Barnes," said Det. Ed Troyer, spokesman for the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office.

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