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ST. GEORGE — Utah’s Office of the Medical Examiner has positively identified the human remains discovered August 19 in the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve to belong to a Washington City man reported missing weeks earlier.
The remains found in the reserve were identified as 34-year-old Dale Barker Purdy, reported missing July 14, at which time a missing persons report was was filed with the Washington City Police Department, Washington County Sheriff’s Lt. Dave Crouse said.
Crouse went on to say that the medical examiner has ruled the death an accident, and “it appears that it was caused by a fall.”
In August when the remains were discovered investigators hypothesized that the man may have died from a fall, due to the terrain and location where the body was discovered.
The Red Cliffs Desert Reserve is a 62,000 acre wildlife reserve and spans across the north central portion of Washington County. It is approximately 20 miles wide and 6 miles deep and includes numerous trails that vary in difficulty from easy to extremely strenuous.
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