Autopsy results are pending for a man who was a potential heir to a disputed copper fortune and whose body was found under a railroad overpass in remote Wyoming.
Evanston police say 60-year-old Timothy Gray may have died of exposure. A toxicology report could take weeks.
Gray’s body was found last Thursday under a Union Pacific overpass near Evanston by children who were sledding.
Gray was the adopted great-newphew to the late Huguette Clark (pictured), heiress to a Montana copper fortune. He possibly stood to inherit millions, but Clark’s estate is being disputed in court. Clark died in 2010.
Lawyer John Morken represents Gray’s three siblings and other relatives. He says the family lost touch with Gray around 1990.
Timothy Gray was adopted into the family by Dr. Gerald Gray and Patricia Gray when he was 5 years old. His brother Gerry, who is 17 years older and now lives in Albany, Calif., said that no one in the family had any contact with Gray for over two decades.
“He was doing ranch work when I last heard from him, but that was 25 years ago,” he told ABCNews.com. “He had severe post traumatic stress symptoms, due to childhood traumas.
Story must’ve come from a national source. “Remote” wyoming? The People magazine article says Evanston is a “small mining town.” The overpass they are talking about is RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE of town. Believe me I am in the middle of town looking at the spot right out my window. I know it’s pointless to try to correct after the fact but no, the body was not found “in a remote area near Evanston” but rather right in the heart of Evanston. And contrary to national reports I don’t think anyone from Evanston, or most Wyomingites for that matter, would consider Evanston a small mining town.
Just sayin’