A University of Northern Colorado sociology lecturer who was found dead in a snow bank at the Foothills Unitarian Church in Fort Collins died of hypothermia due to acute alcohol intoxication, the Larimer County Coroner’s Office ruled today.She was reported missing on Jan. 2 by her husband after having last been seen New Year’s Eve.
Four children playing at the church before services almost a month later saw her body partially covered by snow. They called a parent, who notified police.
Family members said Wilkins-Wells was believed to have been headed to church the day she went missing. The family belongs to Foothills Unitarian, which is about two miles from their home.
Wilkins-Wells had been a sociology lecturer at UNC since August 1992, specializing in minority relations and community planning.
Katie Wilkins-Wells said that her mother had started having problems with alcoholism two years ago and had joined Alcoholics Anonymous. Source.
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