Body of Iraq vet who killed ranger found in snow

THE body of an Iraq war veteran suspected of killing a US national park ranger may have been found, authorities said.

He apparently died after trudging into chest-deep snow while trying to elude snow-shoe wearing SWAT team members and police who were on his trail. However, authorities said it would take hours to reach the body to confirm the identification.

Benjamin Colton Barnes, 24, reportedly fled to the remote park following an earlier shooting that wounded four near Seattle. Washington State Patrol spokesman Guy Gill said a body believed to be Barnes’s was found face down in snow.