Air Force Veteran working with Defense Department on top secret project died hiking with his 2 sons

The tragedy crushed Decareaux's father-in-law, who described the family as tightly knit, "always on the go and adventurous." Decareaux was a doting father and spiritual man who had retired from the Air Force in recent years and was working with the Defense Department in a job he couldn't discuss, even privately, Keith Hartrum said.

This was an experienced hiker who went out with two kids aged 8 and 10 and died overnight, even before the kids did.

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