Missouri deputy AG, missing 6 days after seeking to summit Wyoming's tallest peak, is found alive

Missouri deputy attorney general found alive 6 days after vanishing in Wyoming wilderness

A Missouri deputy attorney general has been found alive six days after authorities said he vanished during a hike through the Wyoming wilderness. Shaun Mackelprang, 55, was rescued by helicopter on Wednesday morning near Scott Lake in the Wind River Range, a roughly 100-mile-long mountain range in western Wyoming, according to the Sublette County…

Aug 28, 2026

Missouri deputy AG, missing 6 days after seeking to summit Wyoming's tallest peak, is found alive

Missouri Attorney General Catherine L. Hanaway celebrated the rescue of Shaun Mackelprang after crews searched Wyoming's Wind River Range for days.

Aug 27, 2026

Missing Missouri Deputy AG Shaun Mackelprang found 6 days after disappearing during Wyoming hike

His family still does not know exactly what happened, but they know he reached Gannett Peak on Friday after he signed the summit register.

Aug 27, 2026