By Associated Press - Saturday, March 15, 2014

CEDAR CITY, Utah (AP) - Police have identified a body discovered near a Cottonwood Heights hiking trail in Salt Lake County as 30 year-old Daniel Nelson.

The Salt Lake City Tribune reports (https://bit.ly/1iq0PM2) that the Salt Lake County man’s body was discovered by hikers at Ferguson Canyon on Friday afternoon. It is about a mile and a half into the canyon and below a rock ledge.

Unified Police Department detective Ken Hansen says his injuries are consistent with a fall. Police are still investigating the cause of death.



Nelson was last seen alive at 10 a.m. Friday

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