Arizona
Arizona man found dead after being reported missing in Kane County
A person was discovered lifeless in Kane County on Sunday morning after his household reported him lacking the evening earlier than. (Alex Schmidt, Shutterstock)
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ESCALANTE, Garfield County — A person was discovered lifeless in Kane County on Sunday morning after his household reported him lacking the evening earlier than.
The household of Roger Stricklett, an 80-year-old man from Phoenix, reached out to Garfield County officers on Saturday and stated that they had been monitoring his telephone’s location and its final location was on Gap within the Rock Street. Garfield County deputies contacted Kane Counties at about 6:10 p.m. to report that they had discovered Stricklett’s truck in Kane County, two miles south of the Dry Fork turnoff.
Stricklett’s truck was nonetheless working and unlocked, along with his telephone and different belongings inside, in addition to “an older canine” that had died, in response to a Kane County Sheriff’s Workplace assertion.
A Utah Division of Public Security helicopter searched the realm till darkish, and 13 Kane County search and rescue personnel and search canines searched via the evening after a storm lined any potential footprints round Stricklett’s truck.
Finally they had been capable of finding a set of tracks that they adopted for a number of hours earlier than finding Stricklett, who was lifeless, round 3:45 a.m. Sunday.
“Searchers estimate that Roger had walked nearly 10 miles regardless that he was positioned solely about 3 miles from his truck,” the assertion stated.
Stricklett’s physique was transported to the state health worker’s workplace in Salt Lake Metropolis for investigation.