Two weeks after a hiker made a gruesome discovery at a remote Colorado campsite, a local coroner has identified the mummified remains of three campers as a family who were attempting to live off the grid.
Gunnison County Coroner Michael Barnes said that Rebecca Vance, 42, her 14-year-old son and her sister Christine Vance, 41, all of Colorado Springs, went to the secluded campsite last July with plans to live there permanently. Vance’s step sister told the New York Times that Rebecca had become disillusioned with politics and life in America, and wanted a more natural existence for her and her son. Her sister Christine went along with the pair to help out.
