Austin, an 18-year-old teenager, had purposefully gone into the woods with his stepfather. That wasn’t their first vacation like this, and neither of them could have predicted the scenario Austin would find himself in a week later.
A Precarious Situation
From the start, there were some questionable facts in the case, and Park Chief Ranger Steve Kloster got a horrible feeling in his bones. He’d been in searches before and could sense when someone wasn’t telling the truth. He was aware that they were running out of time in this case.