Chance Englebert’s death deemed accidental, authorities say

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — Following a six-year investigation into the disappearance and death of Chance Englebert, authorities released his cause of death.

In a press release on Wednesday, the Scotts Bluff County Attorney’s Office and the Gering Police Department said there is no evidence that the death of Englebert was anything other than accidental.

According to authorities, the cause of death is listed as “a pattern of blunt force trauma most consistent with a rapid deceleration event, including, but not limited to, a fall from height.”

It was further determined that the distance between where the fall occurred ranges from 130 feet at the shortest point to 190 feet where the torso was found, authorities said.

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Englebert went missing on July 6, 2019. Throughout that week, searches were conducted in and around Scottsbluff and Gering.

The case then shifted to an investigative focus, with officers conducting hundreds of interviews.

They also served numerous search warrants for phone records, social media accounts, financial records and other technical data.

Interviews and search efforts went on for six years until hikers found his remains at the Scotts Bluff National Monument on Oct. 10.

Those remains were confirmed through dental records and DNA testing to be the remains of Englebert, according to authorities.