Harlem boy dies of hypothermia, second death in two weeks

A 17-year-old Harlem boy who died of hypothermia was found in a field along U.S. Highway 2 near mile marker 426 Thursday morning, the Blaine County Sheriff’s Office said Friday.

Jeremy Tincher was last seen alive walking along the highway between Harlem and Fort Belknap Wednesday night, Blaine County Undersheriff Frank Billmayer said in a press release.

“He was not appropriately dressed for the extremely cold temperatures and he succumbed to hypothermia and exposure,” the press release says.

Tincher’s body was transported to the Montana State Medical Examiner in Billings for autopsy where hypo...