Park rangers remain optimistic in search for Cian McLaughlin

Dublin man Cian McLaughlin, 27, has been missing in Wyoming in the US for more than two weeks.

“We don’t stop searching until we locate him,” Erika Jostad, the acting chief ranger for Grand Teton National Park, told Jackson Hole News and Guide on June 23.

“Anyone that has business in the backcountry — scientific research, trail crew — we’re also expecting that they will be searching while they’re out in the field,” Jostad added.

The last reported sighting of  Cian McLaughlin was on June 8 when a man fitting his description was seen near the Surprise Lake junction heading into Garnet Canyon. National Park Service, who says that McLaughlin has about shoulder-length hair, reports that a man was seen on the trial matching the Irish man’s description wearing round glasses, a white shirt, and shorts.

McLaughlin failed to turn up to his place of employment on Thursday, June 10 and he was reported missing on Saturday, June 12, kicking off the massive search operation that has since been scaled back. His vehicle was located at the Lupine Meadows Trailhead on June 13.

“Mental health has not been a feature of the profile that we developed to try to understand where he might be,” Jostad said on Wednesday. “This looked like an afternoon, simple walk in the park.”

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