This story was published in partnership with The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun violence. Subscribe to its newsletters In Natrona County, Wyoming, the Platte River runs alongside Casper Mountain, with its thick forests and astonishing vistas, and every year the local coroner assembles data into a package called the …
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