The body of an 82-year-old woman from Oregon was found Wednesday on a remote dirt road in Emery County, about 5 miles from where her vehicle had become stuck in a wash, sheriff’s officials reported Thursday.
Emery County detectives found no signs of foul play, but the body was taken to the state Medical Examiner’s Office to determine a cause of death.
Sheriff’s officials got a call on Wednesday from a German tourist who said he had come upon the body lying in the road near the Mussentuchit Sand Dune, which is about 25 miles from the nearest town, according to a sheriff’s office news release.