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Sure, you have a high sanctity moral foundation. Many others do not. To me, a dead man with no family ties is just a sequence of tissue arranged in a certain way. I will deal with it as I deal with bark or fungus. There is no person left.

There may have been family waiting for word of him. No one knew at the time.

It's not a "game."

Identifying an unknown deceased person so the next of kin can be notified is part of a normal death investigation, even when there is no foul play.

He seems to have made a positive impact on people who met him on the trail, which is why those people wanted to find out who he was. They wanted to give his friends and family closure.