CONEJOS COUNTY, Colo. — The two hunters, including one Salt Lake City man, who died in Colorado's backcountry last week were struck by lightning, a coroner confirmed Monday.

The bodies of Andrew Porter of Asheville, North Carolina, and Ian Stasko of Salt Lake City, Utah, both 25 years old, were found a couple miles away from a trailhead in Conejos County on Sept. 18.

On Monday afternoon, the Conejos County coroner said that men died from a lightning strike, although the official autopsy report won't become available until after eight to 10 weeks.

On Sept. 16, the Conejos County Sheriff's Office announced that the two men had disappeared during an elk hunting trip west of Trujillo Meadows Reservoir, which is about 4 miles north of the Colorado-New Mexico line.

Their loved ones had bee

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