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Surviving Ratcliff family members dispute the claim that Ratcliff murdered Fluhmann. They even question whether Ratcliff knew Fluhmann and cite "exaggerated local commentary and inaccurate facts ... without proof."<ref name=restlessnative/>
Surviving Ratcliff family members dispute the claim that Ratcliff murdered Fluhmann. They even question whether Ratcliff knew Fluhmann and cite "exaggerated local commentary and inaccurate facts ... without proof."<ref name=restlessnative/>
In 1895, Ratcliff murdered three school board members, one of whom had reportedly spread false rumors of Ratcliff's alleged incestuous relationship with an older daughter.<ref name=restlessnative/> Within a year, he was [[Hanging|hanged]] at the Colorado State Penitentiary at Cañon City. Despite the theories advanced in the Harbour and Kaelin books, Ratcliff had not been an initial suspect when Fluhmann went missing and was never charged in the disappearance.<ref name=vandusen>Laura King Van Dusen, "Gottlieb Fluhmann: Disappeared from Lake George Area in 1892; Remains, Including Valuable Possessions, Discovered in Remote Cave in 1944", ''Historic Tales from Park County: Parked in the Past'' ([[Charleston]], [[South Carolina]]: The History Press, 2013), ISBN 978-1-62619-161-7, pp. 107-112.</ref>
In 1895, Ratcliff murdered three school board members, one of whom had reportedly spread false rumors of Ratcliff's alleged incestuous relationship with an older daughter.<ref name=restlessnative/> Within a year, he was [[Hanging|hanged]] at the Colorado State Penitentiary at Cañon City. Despite the theories advanced in the Harbour and Kaelin books, Ratcliff had not been an initial suspect when Fluhmann went missing and was never charged in the disappearance.<ref name=vandusen>Laura King Van Dusen, "Gottlieb Fluhmann: Disappeared from Lake George Area in 1892; Remains, Including Valuable Possessions, Discovered in Remote Cave in 1944", ''Historic Tales from Park County: Parked in the Past'' (Charleston]], [[South Carolina]]: The History Press, 2013), ISBN 978-1-62619-161-7, pp. 107-112.</ref>
Another possibility is that Fluhmann could have suffocated from warming or cooking inside the cave-cabin without proper ventilation.
Another possibility is that Fluhmann could have suffocated from warming or cooking inside the cave-cabin without proper ventilation.