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Irish Mom:
This just happened.  I know it doesn't really have anything to do with WWASP except for the fact that Nick was a student at SCL.  It's just so very sad....

 Montana/Regional News
 
Bodies of missing mother, son found near Superior
By the Associated Press

   SUPERIOR - The bodies of a Minnesota woman and her son who have been missing for nearly a week were found near here late Monday afternoon, Sanders County Sheriff Gene Arnold said. They apparently died of hypothermia.

Niki Thomas, 51, a high school librarian from Rochester, Minn., was in Montana visiting her son Nicholas Thomas, 15, who attended the Spring Creek Lodge Academy in Thompson Falls.

She rented a vehicle and drove him from Thompson Falls to an orthodontist appointment in Missoula on March 27. The two were last heard from the following afternoon when they called a family member from a cell phone. They had just left Missoula and were traveling west on Interstate 90 toward Highway 200.

 
Police say a snowmobiler spotted their stranded vehicle in a snow-clogged mountain pass near Superior on Monday. Authorities believe the two died of hypothermia after trying to walk from the vehicle.

CCM girl 1989:
That is totally sad. I read the article a couple of times, maybe even more? So, the mom had come to visit her son, and take him to his orthodontist appointment? So, she was up for a visit.......and the son stayed with her a couple days in the nearest town? Then on the way back the car crashed/slid off the road/got stuck/died?

Then the two exit the car and die of hypothermia? Am I reading this right? I don't know the highways out there, and which way North, South, East, West are as far as heading back to the school?

Any more info on this Irish Mom?

Irish Mom:
I heard that they were on their way back from the appointment in Missoula and somehow took a wrong turn and ended up where their car was found.  I haven't heard anymore yet, but will post it as soon as I can.  

They had been searching for them for several days.  They had Search and Rescue out, boats going along the rivers, etc.

I really felt that they had gone off the road and into the river.  I had no idea that they had taken a wrong turn somewhere.  It's kind of strange though, because the highway back to Thompson Falls from Missoula is a straight shot.  Maybe they were trying to avoid the road construction between Plains and Thompson and tried to go through Superior...not sure.

It really justs breaks my heart.

CCM girl 1989:
Well, I guess anything is possible. I guess there is a small part of me that wonders maybe they got into an arguement about him returning to the school, and maybe he grabbed the wheel?

I don't know! Just my mind working overtime I suppose. But, I hope when they do their investigation they will tell us more. Such as, did the car have any mechanicle problems? Was there gas left in the tank? How far were each one of the bodies from the car? If there were tracks......did it look like they were running or walking?

I am just curious. Maybe the car did just skid off the road? Maybe not though.[ This Message was edited by: CCM girl 1989 on 2006-04-04 09:15 ]

Irish Mom:
Here's a little more info on this site that I found.  Wow, everytime I read about this I start the tears all over again.  Nick was such a sweet boy...

http://www.findnickandniki.org/

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