Story Published: Mar 1, 2010 at 2:05 PM PST
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TOLLGATE, Ore. (AP) - A two-day search for a lost middle-school student who got separated from his family during a ski trip ended Monday afternoon when the boy's body was found.
Staff at KATU sister station KEPR in Pasco, Wash., said they were informed by Walla Walla County Sheriff's office personnel that the remains of Nathan Cain had been located.
Nathan Cain of Walla Walla, Wash., had been skiing with his father and some adult friends when he got separated from the group Saturday near the Andies Prairie Sno-Park area, in Union County.
Nathan was a seventh-grader at Rogers Adventist School in College Place, Wash., the school's principal, Jim C. Weller, told the station.
The sheriff's office confirmed earlier a search was under way but released no further details.
Weller says crews looked for the boy throughout the night Saturday, when temperatures dropped to the 20s. He was dressed in a light jacket and blue jeans.
The search continued Sunday, reportedly with the help of a helicopter, but was suspended for the night when darkness fell.
Weller said searchers did pick up his ski tracks but they died out after a while.
Andies Prairie is in the Umatilla National Forest, just off State Highway 204.
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