Abandoned car leads to chilling find at Utah national park as rangers rush to investigate the horror discovery
AN ABANDONED car has led investigators to the body of a 63-year-old man.
Utah national park's rangers were alerted the vehicle in Canyonlands last Thursday.
Rangers rush to investigate before discovering the body of a man, identified as Kevin Cox of Spanish Fork.
The chilling find below the rim at Grand View Point is now being investigated by the National Park Service and San Juan County.
A cause of death has not been confirmed.
Canyonlands national park is just 30 miles from Moab, where Kylen Schulte and Crystal Turner last seen.
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The married couple were later found dead shot dead at a campsite in the La Sal mountain range.
Adam Pinkusiewicz was identified last week as a suspect by the Grand County Sheriff’s Office in the case.
The couple's deaths came days after Gabby Petito and her fiancé Brian Laundrie were said to have argued at the Moonflower Co-Op in Moab where Schulte worked.
The National Park Service said in a statement: "On Thursday, May 12, Canyonlands National Park staff received a report of an abandoned vehicle at Grand View Point in the Island in the Sky district."
"A search and rescue team of National Park Service and San Juan County personnel was assembled to locate the owner of the vehicle.
"At approximately 2:47 p.m, a body identified as Kevin Cox, 63, of Spanish Fork, Utah, was located below the rim at Grand View Point."
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The National Park Service added: "The body was then transferred to the San Juan County Medical Examiner’s Office.
"An investigation into the incident currently is being conducted by the National Park Service and San Juan County.
"No additional information is available at this time."
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