Somebody asked earlier about the reported hoax in Montello and why false leads, and reminded me about another missing person case I've been following since June 2021 of a missing snowboard instructor missing in Wyoming (Dubliner Cian McLaughlin). McLaughlin was last known to be hiking in Gran Teton Nat'l Park.
It's just been reported that an alleged eyewitness for this case was
banned from the park for five years and ordered to
pay a fine of $17,600 (€16,603) to the Department of Treasury for providing a false account of meeting Cian McLaughlin on the day of his disappearance and fabricated a conversation with him in which he said he was traveling to a specific part of Grand Teton National Park.
Witnesses told the parks service that Mycoskie apparently fabricated the sighting to ensure search efforts continued after park rangers announced they would scale back the search.
It happens!
Cian McLaughlin was last seen on 8 June 2021 before a mountain hike in Wyoming.
www.thejournal.ie