Found Deceased VT - Robert Kerker, 67, hiker, Inn at Long Trail, Killington, 9 July 2023

[JerseyGirl]

Vermont State Police seek missing Appalachian Trial hiker from Rhinebeck

KILLINGTON, VT - Vermont State Police stationed in Rutland are asking for the the public's help locating a Rhinebeck, NY man hiking the northern half of the App

cbs6albany.com

Vermont State Police are asking for the public's help locating a Rhinebeck, NY man hiking the northern half of the Appalachian Trial.

67-year-old Robert Kerker was checking in with his family weekly, until July 9th, when they last heard from him. They reported him missing to authorities on July 24th.

Kerker was reportedly last been seen on July 9th, at the Inn at Long Trail in Killington. He is 5' 10" tall, 150 lbs. and has short white hair and a beard.

Troopers say he goes by the trail name "Steady Eddie."

 

[White_Mountains]

Vermont State Police seek missing Appalachian Trial hiker from Rhinebeck

KILLINGTON, VT - Vermont State Police stationed in Rutland are asking for the the public's help locating a Rhinebeck, NY man hiking the northern half of the App

cbs6albany.com

Vermont State Police are asking for the public's help locating a Rhinebeck, NY man hiking the northern half of the Appalachian Trial.

67-year-old Robert Kerker was checking in with his family weekly, until July 9th, when they last heard from him. They reported him missing to authorities on July 24th.

Kerker was reportedly last been seen on July 9th, at the Inn at Long Trail in Killington. He is 5' 10" tall, 150 lbs. and has short white hair and a beard.

Troopers say he goes by the trail name "Steady Eddie."

I hope Mr. Kerker is alright. If he is headed Northeast on the AT, it’s possible he was out of Vermont and in the White Mountains of New Hampshire by the time he was reported overdue to the NFS. I live in NH and haven’t seen any reports about him until I came across this post. I wonder if they have reason to believe he never left Vermont.

 

[Unalienable Rights]

Missing New York man drowned while hiking in Vermont during historic flooding, police say

Vermont State officials confirmed that Kerker was the second person killed due to July's catastrophic flooding.

www.mynbc5.com

KILLINGTON, Vt. —
Vermont State Police has located the body of a man believed to be missing Appalachian Trail hiker Robert Kerker. The 67-year-old from Rhinebeck, New York, was found Friday afternoon along the Stony Brook in Stockbridge, about 1.5 miles downstream from where the trail crossed the brook.

Crews had focused their efforts Friday on the brook after a witness reported seeing Mr. Kerker at the Stony Brook Shelter on the Appalachian Trail the night of July 9.

The witness said the historic flooding in Vermont that started July 10th had elevated water levels on the Stony Brook and made the trail’s crossing of the stream dangerous.

The Vermont State Police Search and Rescue Team, Killington Search and Rescue, the Killington Police Department, the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles and New England K9 Search and Rescue participated in the effort Friday afternoon to recover Mr. Kerker’s remains. The body was brought to the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in Burlington for an autopsy to determine the cause and manner of death.

Police don't believe his death is suspicious. They believe it was related to the severe flooding. They said Kerker was an experienced hiker who began his trek on the Appalachian Trail on June 1 in Bear Mountain, New York.

The investigation is ongoing..