DENVER (KDVR) - Two hunters who were found dead in southern Colorado last week were killed by a lightning strike, the coroner confirmed Monday.

Elk hunters Andrew Porter, 25, from Asheville, North Carolina, and Ian Stasko, 25, from Salt Lake City, were reported missing in the San Juan National Forest Wilderness Area on Sept. 13. A "massive search" involving crews in the air and on the ground lasted nearly a week before the family reported that the two were found dead last Thursday.

The Conejos County Coroner's Office told Nexstar's KDVR that preliminary findings from the autopsy conducted on Monday show that the two were killed by a lightning strike.

The coroner's office said last week that there were no visible signs of trauma and no signs of foul play.

Bridget Murphy, the fiancée of

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