Body of Former BYU Student Found in Andes

Body of Former BYU Student Found in Andes


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(KSL News) -- Searchers in Peru have found the bodies of three young American mountaineers, including a former BYU student. They were killed last week during an icy climb, high in the Andes mountains.

Twenty-four year old Brennan Larson of California was among those killed when the freak snowstorm hit the Peruvian mountainside. Larson, a former BYU student, served his mission in South America.

The searchers also found the bodies of Larson's friends, 21-year-old Kristen Yoder and her 23-year-old brother Dustin.

Police say the bodies were in a 100-foot-deep crevasse. They're being brought out today, in a long descent down the mountain.

Authorities say the climbers had been on a fairly treacherous route without a guide.

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