Third body recovered from Poudre Canyon flood as coroner identifies two of deceased

One person still missing in last week’s flooding and mudslides, but no new searches planned

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AAron Ontiveroz, The Denver Post
Jake Udel, of Larimer County search and rescue, monitors the Cache la Poudre River from a bridge, on Wednesday, July 21, 2021. A flash flood led to the destruction of five homes in Poudre Canyon on Tuesday evening and killed at least one person. Three other people remain missing.
By Elise Schmelzer | eschmelzer@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
PUBLISHED: July 26, 2021 at 5:26 p.m. | UPDATED: July 26, 2021 at 5:27 p.m.

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Elise Schmelzer

Elise Schmelzer is the public safety reporter at The Denver Post and covers police, crime and criminal justice. She previously wrote for the Casper Star-Tribune in Wyoming, the Washington Post and the Colorado Springs Gazette. She studied journalism and Spanish literature at the University of Missouri. When she's not writing, she disappears into the mountains to hike and fish.