A large-scale search operation in the Hudson Valley came to a tragic end when the body of a missing New York University student was located in a remote area near a well-known hiking trail.
Officials with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) reported that their forest rangers assisted in the effort to find the student who was last seen on May 12th. The individual, whose identity has not been released, reportedly left his residence distressed and was later believed to be hiking in the Shawangunk Ridge region.
Campus officials at NYU became concerned when the student failed to return and reached out to emergency services early Thursday morning. The only clue to his whereabouts came from a photograph he had sent the day after he disappeared, showing him on the Gertrude’s Nose trail, which is a scenic but rugged location in Ulster County…