KANE COUNTY, Utah, April 14, 2025 (Gephardt Daily) — The Kane County Sheriff‘s Office has confirmed the body of missing man Neal Mower has been located.
Ivins resident Mower, 68, was last seen Thursday and had bought a day pass to Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park, west of Kanab. His truck and trailer were located in a parking lot there, but his 4-wheeler was not.
Officials began helicopter searches, and today confirmed to a family member that the body of Mower had been located, that person posted on social media.
A Kane County Sheriff official released a news release Monday afternoon, saying the search began Sunday and resumed Monday morning.
A Utah Department of Public Safety helicopter spotted Mower on Monday about 1.8 miles from his vehicle, says a KCSO news release issued Monday afternoon.
“Unfortunately, he was deceased,” the release says. “The scene was processed by a medical investigator from the Kane County Sheriff Office.”
The body was moved to a local mortuary for transport to the Utah State Medical Examiner’s Office in Salt Lake City for investigation into Mower’s cause of death.
“Kane County Sheriff’s Office and Sheriff Glover offer their sincere condolences to the family and friends of Mr. Mower. Also, a huge debt of gratitude to the Utah Department of Public Safety Aero Bureau, the Kanab Bureau of Land Management staff, and our tireless volunteer search and rescue members who took time away from their families and jobs to help search.”
