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Two Park County residents found dead; carbon monoxide poisoning suspected

CODY (WNE) — Two Park County residents, Jeff McKearny, 64, and Steven Werbelow, 66, were found dead in their camper on October 23. The suspected cause of death is accidental carbon monoxide poisoning, according to county coroner Cody Gortmaker.

The two men were hunting near Eagle Creek Campground up the North Fork, which is where their bodies were found. Investigations are still ongoing, Gortmaker said.

Werbelow, who was a Powell resident, was an accomplished taxidermist and well-known in the hunting community.

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