After receiving a report of a deceased male, Alaska State Troopers responded to the Portage Glacier Highway on Saturday.

Troopers responded to a vehicle pull-out at mile 4.5 of the Portage Glacier Highway at 3:12 pm on Saturday to investigate the reported death there. When they arrived at the scene, they discovered the remains of 27-year-old Johannes Geiger of Anchorage. He had died of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Geiger, a Regional Helicopters employee, was reported missing on the day previous by the Anchorage Police Department. Geiger’s remains were transported to the State Medical Examiner’s office in Anchorage for autopsy.

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