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Missing Oregon man found dead near Grand Canyon
Death remains under investigation

GRAND CANYON, Ariz. - An Oregon man reported as an endangered missing person Oct. 28 has been found dead near Grand Canyon National Park. Gary Shannon Krumholz, 38, was entered into the National Crime Information Center as an endangered missing person by the Washington County Sheriff's Office in Oregon last month.

On Nov. 19, the Grand Canyon National Park Service Law Enforcement Division received a 911 call from ranchers that had located a body in the east Rim of the Upper Basin, north of Highway 64. National Park Service law enforcement officers and Coconino County Sheriff's deputies responded to the area where the body was located. Investigating officers found Krumholz's body inside a tent in a remote and unimproved area. They also found a vehicle registered in his name in close proximity to the campsite. Officers found no obvious signs of foul play or trauma to the body or in the general area of where it was located.

Krumholz's body was transported to the Coconino County Medical Examiner's Office where his death investigation will be continued. As of this time the mode and manner of Krumholz's death is undetermined.


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