Utah kids return from Colo. youth camp after death

Associated Press

May 13, 2007

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Three Utah teens who were in the same Colorado wilderness program where a Salt Lake City boy died have been returned home.

Fifteen-year-old Caleb Jensen died May 2nd, while in a program run by Alternative Youth Adventures in Montrose, Colorado.

Colorado authorities say Jensen died from a staphylococcus infection - and that camp personnel observed signs of the infection but neglected to properly care for it. The company's license was suspended Wednesday.

Staff from Utah's Juvenile Justices Services agency, which had custody of all four boys, drove to Colorado on Thursday to take the other Utah teenagers home.





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