Missing Appalachian Trail hiker from Rhinebeck found, dead, near Killington, Vt.

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Vermont State Police say they have found the body of a man believed to have gone missing earlier this month along the Appalachian Trail in Rutland County.

According to state police, crews had focused their efforts Friday on the brook after a witness reported seeing Kerker at the Stony Brook Shelter on the Appalachian Trail the night of July 9. The witness said severe rain and flooding that struck Vermont starting July 10 had elevated water levels on the Stony Brook and made the trail’s crossing of the stream dangerous. Kerker is not known to have been seen again following that encounter.


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 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.

Initial investigation by the state police indicates the death is not suspicious and was related to the severe flooding. Kerker was an experienced hiker who began his trek on the Appalachian Trail on June 1 in Bear Mountain, New York.

No further details are available at this time. The Vermont State Police will provide updates as the investigation continues.

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