Sheriff’s office asks for help to ID body found in Colorado River

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GRAND COUNTY — Investigators are working to identify a body that was recovered from the Colorado River Sunday.

The body is believed to have been in the water for more than three days before it was discovered by people on a commercial guided raft at about 11 a.m., according to the Grand County Sheriff’s Office. It was located about 3 miles downriver from the Westwater Ranger Station in Grand County.

Officials asked for help Thursday to identify the body, which was sent to the Utah State Medical Examiner’s Office. They described the man as likely being Caucasian, between the ages of 45 and 55, and weighing about 240 pounds.

The man had three “distinctive tattoos,” according to the sheriff’s office.

“On the upper right arm is a tattoo of a man wearing a hat and holding a handgun standing next to a tree,” a statement from the sheriff’s office reads. “On the right forearm is a tattoo of a dagger through a heart. On the upper left arm is a tattoo of a wolf head in a circle with feathers on the bottom of the circle.”

Anyone with information about the man’s identity can contact the Grand County Sheriff’s Office by calling 435-259-8115.

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