Friends and neighbors of the man who was killed on the Mohawk Hudson Bike Trail are describing him as brilliant and avid outdoorsman.

Daniel Frament, 76, was killed on April 18 while walking along the path. State Police have not made any arrests yet.

His friends tell NewsChannel 13’s Stella Porter that he was well-liked in his community. He moved to his neighborhood on Big Bowman Lake in Rensselaer County in the early 2000s. He was an attorney who lived simply at 76 years old.

He lived life unplugged with no TV or cell phone. He was part of the Rensselaer Plateau Alliance and formed a neighborhood forest with others in the area to conserve local land.

He had served overseas in Europe during the Vietnam War, and friends and family are planning to honor him this summer when he is buried at Saratoga National Cemetery.

Frament spent a lot of time leading spiritual workshops, friends said.

“Dan was marvelous. He was intelligent, brilliant. He was so learned and he had so many interests in his life, and he could talk of so many subjects and when you were having a conversation with him, you knew he wasn’t just listening to you but he was hearing you,” said neighbor and friend Barbara Boughton.

“He wasn’t just waiting to respond. He was actively listening and then he would provide you with a really thoughtful answer,” she went on to say.