Disturbed Podcast Narrator

Carmi Defoe, the climber who organized the expedition, and a lawyer, tells the State Department that they shouldn't put much stock in any of the survivors' statements. The altitude made them all hallucinate. It gave the whole expedition a dreamlike quality. The Argentine police officer running the investigation comes to a similar conclusion.

So in his mind, the answer to this case can't come from witness statements. It has to come from hard evidence, the victim's bodies. At this point, it seems most everyone assumes Johnson died somewhere on the mountain too. The medical examiners aren't exactly prepared to summit Aconcagua, and retrieving the remains of John Cooper and Janet Johnson is not a straightforward task.

So in his mind, the answer to this case can't come from witness statements. It has to come from hard evidence, the victim's bodies. At this point, it seems most everyone assumes Johnson died somewhere on the mountain too. The medical examiners aren't exactly prepared to summit Aconcagua, and retrieving the remains of John Cooper and Janet Johnson is not a straightforward task.

So in his mind, the answer to this case can't come from witness statements. It has to come from hard evidence, the victim's bodies. At this point, it seems most everyone assumes Johnson died somewhere on the mountain too. The medical examiners aren't exactly prepared to summit Aconcagua, and retrieving the remains of John Cooper and Janet Johnson is not a straightforward task.

Authorities have no idea where Johnson's body might be, and only a vague sense of Cooper's location. Even once they are located, it will be another big feat to bring the remains down the mountain. Remember, experienced hikers fell climbing down, and they weren't hauling extra weight. On top of all that, conditions are not favorable for a retrieval mission right now.

Authorities have no idea where Johnson's body might be, and only a vague sense of Cooper's location. Even once they are located, it will be another big feat to bring the remains down the mountain. Remember, experienced hikers fell climbing down, and they weren't hauling extra weight. On top of all that, conditions are not favorable for a retrieval mission right now.

Authorities have no idea where Johnson's body might be, and only a vague sense of Cooper's location. Even once they are located, it will be another big feat to bring the remains down the mountain. Remember, experienced hikers fell climbing down, and they weren't hauling extra weight. On top of all that, conditions are not favorable for a retrieval mission right now.

Aconcagua is in Argentina, so December to February is the warm season. They'll have to wait until the end of the year to make another attempt. Back in the States, Janet Johnson and John Cooper's families process their loss. Cooper's family holds a memorial and anxiously awaits his remains. And his father learns Spanish so that he can better follow updates from Argentina.

Aconcagua is in Argentina, so December to February is the warm season. They'll have to wait until the end of the year to make another attempt. Back in the States, Janet Johnson and John Cooper's families process their loss. Cooper's family holds a memorial and anxiously awaits his remains. And his father learns Spanish so that he can better follow updates from Argentina.

Aconcagua is in Argentina, so December to February is the warm season. They'll have to wait until the end of the year to make another attempt. Back in the States, Janet Johnson and John Cooper's families process their loss. Cooper's family holds a memorial and anxiously awaits his remains. And his father learns Spanish so that he can better follow updates from Argentina.

Johnson's family relays her wish to Argentine authorities that she be buried near the mountain. Her mother reads every news report she can and carefully fixes each misspelling of her daughter's name by hand. When she comes across a quote from her daughter asking to die, she crosses it out.

Johnson's family relays her wish to Argentine authorities that she be buried near the mountain. Her mother reads every news report she can and carefully fixes each misspelling of her daughter's name by hand. When she comes across a quote from her daughter asking to die, she crosses it out.

Johnson's family relays her wish to Argentine authorities that she be buried near the mountain. Her mother reads every news report she can and carefully fixes each misspelling of her daughter's name by hand. When she comes across a quote from her daughter asking to die, she crosses it out.

Before 1973 comes to an end, a team heads up Aconcagua with the equipment they'll need to bring down a human body. Miguel Alfonso, the guide on the ill-fated expedition, goes along. They find Cooper on a flat surface, legs straight. His hands are bare, laid on his belly. He's missing a crampon and his ice axe. Alfonso was surprised to find Cooper stretched out.

Before 1973 comes to an end, a team heads up Aconcagua with the equipment they'll need to bring down a human body. Miguel Alfonso, the guide on the ill-fated expedition, goes along. They find Cooper on a flat surface, legs straight. His hands are bare, laid on his belly. He's missing a crampon and his ice axe. Alfonso was surprised to find Cooper stretched out.

Before 1973 comes to an end, a team heads up Aconcagua with the equipment they'll need to bring down a human body. Miguel Alfonso, the guide on the ill-fated expedition, goes along. They find Cooper on a flat surface, legs straight. His hands are bare, laid on his belly. He's missing a crampon and his ice axe. Alfonso was surprised to find Cooper stretched out.

He remembered that Zeller said Cooper was frozen into a crouched position. The team carefully photographs everything before excavating the body onto a sled. They also search for Johnson. But they can't find her. A medical examiner performs Cooper's autopsy down in Mendoza. His face is beat up and frozen in an expression of terror.

He remembered that Zeller said Cooper was frozen into a crouched position. The team carefully photographs everything before excavating the body onto a sled. They also search for Johnson. But they can't find her. A medical examiner performs Cooper's autopsy down in Mendoza. His face is beat up and frozen in an expression of terror.

He remembered that Zeller said Cooper was frozen into a crouched position. The team carefully photographs everything before excavating the body onto a sled. They also search for Johnson. But they can't find her. A medical examiner performs Cooper's autopsy down in Mendoza. His face is beat up and frozen in an expression of terror.

Once his arms thaw out, the medical examiner moves them and finds another wound in Cooper's abdomen, under where his hands had been. It's a deep, round hole that penetrates all the way to Cooper's spine. It was actively bleeding when he died. When the autopsy is complete, the judge opts to keep its contents under wraps. He only releases two things. The cause of death and a short statement.