A search was continuing Thursday for a man reported missing in the area of a popular trailhead on the Anchorage Hillside. It was not immediately clear if his disappearance was connected to a homicide investigation in the same area, police said.
past the Campbell Airstrip Trailhead Wednesday morning. Police had released few details about the circumstances surrounding the death.
Family and friends last heard from Toscano around 3 p.m. Tuesday, when he told them he was going for a hike at the Basher Drive trailhead, police wrote in anToscano was reported missing just after 1 p.m. Wednesday when he hadn’t returned from the hike. His vehicle was located at the trailhead, said police spokeswoman Renee Oistad.Officers searched the area with rescue crews Wednesday night, using drones and all-terrain vehicles.
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