Cian McLaughlin missing

The mother of missing Irish man Cian McLaughlin is back in the Wyoming mountains searching for her son one year since his disappearance – after it emerged a ...

This wasted valuable time that could have been focused on searching areas of higher probability and it cost the Federal Government approximately $17,600.” “Additionally, witnesses reported Mycoskie fabricated the sighting to ensure search efforts continued. “The subsequent investigation revealed Mycoskie never saw anyone matching McLaughlin’s description on June 8, 2021, in Grand Teton National Park,” Grand Teton said. She told investigators the missing man was hiking on the south side of the Bradley- Taggart moraine in Grand Teton National Park, and he was headed south towards Taggart Lake where he planned to jump off his favourite rock into the water. Mycoskie provided a very detailed description of McLaughlin and stated she had a discussion with him in which he shared where he lived, where he was from, and his place of employment. "Cian was very outgoing, friendly and sociable kind of guy, he was here in Wyoming for two years where he was a snowboard instructor in the winter and worked in the local bars in the summer,” his mother Grainne McLaughlin said on RTÉ Radio One’s Morning Ireland.

Cian McLaughlin, 27, was last seen at Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming on Tuesday 8 June 2021. His car was later found parked near the Lupine Meadows trail ...

Ms McLaughlin said it was upsetting to know that valuable time was lost in the search, but said: "We were informed of this during our last visit. Please review their details and accept them to load the content. "We had an investigation reveal that an individual last summer provided a false report and false information in the search for Cian McLaughlin and per a deferred prosecution agreement, that individual is banned from Grand Teton National Park for a period of five years and was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $17,600. She said he worked as a snowboard instructor during the winter and in a bar during the summer and was drawn to Wyoming "because of the mountains, for the skiing and for the summer hiking and loving the outdoors". She said that "from everybody’s point of view, we know that he went missing in the mountains, he went missing on this hike and something tragic happened". She said he was very familiar with the trail and having walked it herself, said it "was not a difficult trail at all".

Cian McLaughlin was last seen on 8 June 2021 before a mountain hike in Wyoming.

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The US National Parks Service said Heather Mycoskie, 40, fabricated a conversation with the 27-year-old in which he said he was heading to a specific area of ...

She added of Cian's two years as a snowboard instructor and barman in the area, "Cian was very outgoing, friendly and sociable kind of guy... It quickly sparked off a major search operation but to date no trace of McLaughlin has been found. They have now restarted the search as the snow begins to melt in the "unhospitable terrain" of the Wyoming park.