An advanced skier wasfound dead in Utahon Tuesday morning after going missing while on a solo run the day before.
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O’Connell’s body was discovered in an area with trees at about 8:20 a.m. Tuesday, Melody Cutler, a spokesperson for the UPD, told the outlet.
“We know that he scanned onto a ski lift at 12:03, and that’s the last actual known location where he was,” Cutler said. “He was found … in a group of trees where it looked like he went off the run — maybe to ski in some fresh powder, we’re not exactly sure.”
The medical examiner’s office is now set to determine O’Connell’s cause of death, per Fox 13.
source: people.com
