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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- The father of a 30-year-old Utah man who vanished in December says searchers plan to comb an area near a southern Nevada airport for clues about his disappearance.
Rolf Koecher says tipster told a private investigator hired by Steven Koecher's family to look in desert terrain south of the Henderson Executive Airport outside Las Vegas.
Steven Koecher has been missing since Dec. 13. Authorities say he drove from his home in St. George and was seen on a surveillance video walking away from his vehicle in the upscale Sun City Anthem neighborhood of Henderson.
Koecher's family has offered a $10,000 reward for information in the case.
Rolf Koecher acknowledges that prospects for finding his son alive seem slim. But he says the family hopes for closure.
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