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VERNAL, Utah (AP) — Authorities say they found the body of an oilfield worker near Vernal two days after he was last seen alive.
Uintah County Undersheriff John Laursen says that 32-year-old Jeffrey Vaughn Mounga's body was found Tuesday afternoon in the remote Dog Valley area. He had apparently committed suicide with a gun.
Officials with oilfield service company Cameron says Mounga, who worked them, was last seen about 9:30 p.m. Sunday.
Deputies say he was found near his company-issued pickup truck.
An autopsy at the Utah State Medical Examiner's Office was planned.
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