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By:MTN News

Posted at12:04 PM, Oct 05, 2022

and last updated4:02 PM, Oct 05, 2022

UPDATE, 5:02 p.m. MDT —The Gallatin County Coroner’s Office has identified the hunter found dead near Truman Gulch trailhead as Joseph Raymond Balyeat of Bozeman.

Balyeat was a former Montana state senator and had served in the Montana House. He was 65 with a birthday coming up on the 26th of October.

The coroner says his death was from natural causes.

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Balyeat was elected as a Republican to Senate District 34. Previously he had served two terms in the Montana House. He resigned in 2012 to serve as Montana State Director with Americans for Prosperity. He was a certified public accountant and described himself as an “outdoor nut and mountain marathon runner” on social media.

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