The two hunters who were found dead in Colorado's backcountry last week died as a result of being struck by lightning, a coroner confirmed to the Scripps News Group in Denver on Monday.

The bodies of Andrew Porter of Asheville, North Carolina, and Ian Stasko of Salt Lake City, Utah — both 25 years old — in Conejos County on Sept. 18.

On Monday afternoon, the Scripps News Group in Denver called the Conejos County coroner, who confirmed that the two men died from a lightning strike. The official autopsy report will become available after eight to 10 weeks.

The Conejos County Sheriff's Office announced on Sept. 16 that , which is about four miles north of the Colorado-New Mexico line.

Their loved ones had been expecting them to check in at a predetermined time, but they never did, the she

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