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Coroner Says Missing Man Froze To Death

No Foul Play Found In Barbiere's Death

POSTED: 4:39 pm MDT April 9, 2008
UPDATED: 5:24 pm MDT April 9, 2008

An autopsy completed on a missing man found over the weekend in a field in Breckenridge showed no trauma and no evidence of foul play.

The results were made public by the Summit County Coroner's Office Wednesday. The coroner said Alphonse "Michael" Barbiere died of hypothermia due to exposure.

Barbiere went missing the morning of Feb. 8, after a night out with his friends. At the time, police said Barbiere was "highly intoxicated" when he left Cecilia's Bar and walked into a blizzard.

The coroner said toxicology results were not yet completed and could be back by the end of the week.

Saturday, a man found Barbiere's body near a skate rink.

About 60 searchers and three dogs looked for him in a half-mile radius from the bar. Police suspended the search Feb. 11.

The bar is about a half-mile from the ice rink near where authorities found the body.

Assistant Police Chief Greg Morrison said the man who tipped police had been searching the town for Barbiere.

"He had taken it upon himself to be searching," Morrison said. "There had been a $10,000 reward and he expressed knowledge of that reward."

Barbiere's family said he was a graduate of New York University and was a trader on Wall Street. They were in the town Saturday. Barbiere's mother declined to comment.


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