Overview

• Keweenaw County officials released death certificates identifying 30-year-old Bradley Baird and 60-year-old John Baird after initially withholding their names at the FBI’s request.
• The men were discovered June 9 at South Lake Desor Campground after park rangers hiked 11 miles overnight and used aircraft to recover the bodies.
• Medical examiner Dr. Michael McAllister said the deaths are being treated as a suspected murder-suicide, though it remains unclear which man died first.
• Autopsy and toxicology results are ongoing and may take weeks before determining the official cause and manner of death.
• The FBI is assisting a largely closed investigation and the National Park Service has said there is no known threat to other park visitors.