Elderly Laramie Obituary, Death – A Laramie man went missing three weeks ago, and his family was “devastated” to hear that he was discovered dead in his car on Friday after running off a road in a remote area of Carbon County.
Donnie Smith, 79, a man with moderate dementia, was reported missing by relatives on August 24 after he left his Laramie home without taking his wallet or phone.
According to a family member, he had recently started having trouble following directions and remaining aware of his surroundings, and he occasionally got lost when driving.
According to a press statement from the Albany County Sheriff’s Office, Smith’s GMC Envoy was discovered on Friday by a hunter down a ravine off a rural road in the Encampment Wilderness region south of Riverside in Carbon County.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
