News Release

Black Canyon National Park missing person update

Date: March 18, 2025

Montrose, Colo. – Park Rangers and a member of the Black Canyon Search and Rescue Team located human remains within a remote and highly technical area to access within the wilderness area at Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. The remains are believed to be those of Jordan Marsters. On February 15 family members reported to the Denver Police Department that Masters was missing. Park Rangers found clues placing Marsters in Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and search efforts began.

Due to the complexity of the location, efforts are underway to recover the remains for positive identification by the medical examiner's office. The National Park is currently reaching out to adjacent parks that have extreme technical skill sets to help with the recovery. The National Park Service is not providing the location or additional information until after the remains have been recovered.

Multiple agencies assisted with the Search and Investigation. The National Park Service would like to thank their partners for their assistance and support. Without their help this search would not have been successful.

• Montrose Police Department, Drone Team
• Montrose County Sheriffs Office, Investigative Unit and Drone Team
• Denver Police Department, Investigations and Initial Agency for the Missing Persons Report
• Montrose County Posse Search and Rescue Volunteers, On the ground Search Team
• Friends of Black Canyon Search and Rescue Volunteers, On the ground Search Team and Technical Rescue Team
• Slavin Private Investigations, Investigations and Family Liaison

These agencies and the family have worked tirelessly over the last several weeks to come to this point in the investigation. At this point, the death was believed to be unwitnessed and is under investigation. 

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