HomeUncategorized“WE JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO IAN…” — BODY OF MISSING VIRGINIA TEACHER FOUND MORE THAN A MONTH AFTER HE VANISHED ON SOLO HIKE IN PERU Ian Treger had traveled to Peru for what was meant to be a ten-day adventure through the Andes, sharing one final update with his family before leaving his Cusco accommodation for a solo hike. Then the messages stopped. For more than a month, his mother, friends and supporters searched across dangerous mountain terrain, clinging to every possible clue. But the search ended in heartbreak when the 29-year-old teacher was found near a small stream beside the trail he had planned to explore — with his backpack, phone, camera and wallet still nearby. The discovery may have ended the agonizing wait, but it has not answered the question now haunting his family: how did an experienced high-altitude hiker vanish so completely during what should have been an ordinary day on the mountain?
“WE JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO IAN…” — BODY OF MISSING VIRGINIA TEACHER FOUND MORE THAN A MONTH AFTER HE VANISHED ON SOLO HIKE IN PERU Ian Treger had traveled to Peru for what was meant to be a ten-day adventure through the Andes, sharing one final update with his family before leaving his Cusco accommodation for a solo hike. Then the messages stopped. For more than a month, his mother, friends and supporters searched across dangerous mountain terrain, clinging to every possible clue. But the search ended in heartbreak when the 29-year-old teacher was found near a small stream beside the trail he had planned to explore — with his backpack, phone, camera and wallet still nearby. The discovery may have ended the agonizing wait, but it has not answered the question now haunting his family: how did an experienced high-altitude hiker vanish so completely during what should have been an ordinary day on the mountain?
Body of missing Virginia teacher found over a month after vanishing on hiking trip to Peru — as family searches for answers
The body of a Virginia teacher who went missing in the Andes mountains more than a month ago has been found, the broken-hearted family announced.
Ian Treger’s remains were reportedly discovered near a trail that the 29-year-old from Lexington had planned to hike — after vanishing in the Peruvian city of Cusco on May 13.
“It is with profound sadness that we share that Ian’s body has been found in Peru,” the family wrote on GoFundMe.
The body of Ian Treger was found near a hiking trail in Peru over a month after the 29-year-old went missing.GoFundMe
“Our hearts are broken, and we are still absorbing this devastating loss.”
His devastated mother, Michelle Ludwig, said Wednesday that “a shepherd who works the field with his alpacas” found her son, according to the Daily Mail.
