Overview
- Authorities said dental records and DNA testing confirmed remains found on October 10 at Scotts Bluff National Monument are those of Chance Englebert.
- Investigators reported a pattern of blunt force injuries consistent with a rapid deceleration event, concluding there is no evidence the death was anything other than accidental.
- The Gering Police Department and Scotts Bluff County Attorney said multiple forensic specialists assisted and that items near the remains were identified by family as Englebert’s.
- Englebert’s family posted that this outcome does not bring closure and questioned how he could have reached the rugged, remote site where the remains were found.
- Englebert vanished on July 6, 2019, after walking away from a family gathering; despite extensive multi-agency searches and hundreds of interviews, no trace was found until the hiker’s discovery.