Searchers find third body buried by Idaho avalanche

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Skier still missing after Idaho avalanche; 2 dead

Officials were searching Wednesday for a missing skier at an Idaho resort where a series of avalanches killed two skiers and injured five others the day before.



KELLOGG, Idaho -- Searchers have found a third body buried by an avalanche at an Idaho ski resort.

Tuesday's avalanche at Silver Mountain Resort killed two other people, injured four, and left one missing. Searchers in a helicopter spotted a body on Thursday.

Silver Mountain officials confirmed later in the day that the body recovered was the last skier reported missing.




The Shoshone County Sheriff's Office has identified two of the dead as 58-year-old Carl Humphreys of Liberty Lake, Washington, and 46-year-old Scott Parsons of Spokane Valley, Washington.