OLD LYME — A 69-year-old man reported missing after a hike Monday, November 2, was found dead later that day, according to a State Police account reported by NBC Connecticut.
Troop F responded after the man failed to return from a hike that began around 10:30 a.m. Cellphone location information helped responders find the trail area, the station reported.
The search involved State Police, K9 teams, ATV units and emergency medical personnel. The man was found unresponsive around 5:20 p.m. and was later pronounced dead, NBC reported.
State police classified the case as an untimely death. The report does not establish a cause of death; that classification alone does not explain what happened.
This article was prepared with AI assistance from NBC Connecticut’s reporting of State Police information. Eastern CT News did not independently obtain the underlying police release or attend the search. The accompanying photograph is a State Police file image, not the Old Lyme search.