Max Stubbs. Courtesy photo: Uintah County Sheriff’s Office
UINTAH COUNTY, Utah, June 2021 (Gephardt Daily) – A teenager who had been missing for nearly two weeks was found dead, the Uintah County Sheriff’s office said Tuesday.
“At around 2:30 pm today, a Uintah County search and rescue team located Max Stubbs’s body near his parked vehicle in a remote area south of Jensen. The investigation into the death is ongoing but there is currently nothing suspicious, ”the UCSO statement said.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with Max’s family.”
Stubbs, 19, has been missing since May 21 and was considered to be at risk. He was last seen in Jensen, which is southeast of Vernal.
“In the past few days, civilian air patrol squadrons have conducted several searches in areas of Uintah County. Classic Helicopter also helped with air searches, ”said the sheriff’s office on Sunday.
“The sheriff’s office would like to thank the Civil Air Patrol, Classic Lifeguard, the Uintah and Duchesne County’s search and rescue teams, and everyone else who went out of their way to find Max,” UCSO said in its statement Tuesday evening.
Gephardt Daily will learn more about this development as information becomes available.
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