VERNAL Multiple agencies are joining search and rescue attempts for a missing 19-year-old who was last seen in Jensen on May 21.
According to Uintah County Sheriff s Office, aircraft from Utah and Colorado wings of Civil Air Patrol, along with a medical helicopter have joined law enforcement in search and rescue attempts for the missing teen.
The sheriff s office said that the Civil Air Patrol squadrons and a classic helicopter have conducted multiple aerial searches in Uintah County over the past couple of days.
Max Stubbs has been missing from Uintah County for over a week, according to Uintah County Sheriff s Chief Deputy Brian Fletcher. Stubbs was last seen in Jensen in Uintah County.
SALT LAKE CITY A woman was arrested after police say she shot her 2-year-old son, then herself, near Fantasy Canyon in central Uintah County on Monday.
Sheriff s deputies were dispatched on Monday around 2:30 p.m. to the area of Fantasy Canyon after a shooting was reported, officials said. Initial reports indicated it involved a young boy around age 3 and a 40-year-old woman.
Valerie Peck, 40, was identified Tuesday in a statement by Uintah County Chief Deputy Brian Fletcher as the woman involved in the shooting.
Peck took her 2-year-old son, Zack, on a drive Monday morning in Dry Fork Canyon, according to Fletcher. She stopped near a camping area north of Dry Fork on Red Cloud Loop Road.