Human remains found last September at Starvation Reservoir have been identified as those of a Murray man who went missing 20 years earlier, the Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Office said.
A 20-year-old mystery is finally solved, as human remains found last September in Starvation Reservoir have been identified as those of a Murray man who went missing in 2004.
Human remains found last September at Starvation Reservoir have been identified as those of a Murray man who went missing 20 years earlier, the Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Office said.
DNA testing confirmed the identity of Steven Willard Anderson, 46, who was reported missing in June 2004 when he was heading to a family cabin in Flaming Gorge and never arrived, the sheriff’s office said Tuesday.
No foul play was involved, Utah medical examiners determined.
(Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Office) Investigators located Steven Anderson’s vehicle, a green Toyota Sequoia, on Sept. 30. The vehicle was fully recovered from Starvation Reservoir just after 6:30 p.m.
On Sept. 30, investigators from the nonprofit United Search Corps and the Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Office recovered a submerged vehicle at Starvation Reservoir, in which the remains were found.
The vehicle, a green Toyota Sequoia, was confirmed as the one Anderson drove the day of his disappearance.
United Search Corps, an organization that aims to bring “answers to families” about murdered and missing people, renewed the investigation with the sheriff’s office in Apri,l after becoming aware of Anderson’s case from 2022 TV coverage.
Anderson’s disappearance has troubled the family for years, after they had lost all contact with him, including unanswered calls. According to Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Det. Ben Pender, who has followed the Anderson case since 2014, family members reported that Anderson had been depressed before his disappearance.
Family and friends described Anderson as “an iron man,” for his perseverance in sports and business.
“Everything, he [gave] 110% to,” Anderon’s son, Axel, told The Salt Lake Tribune last fall.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Axel Anderson talks about his father Steven Willard Anderson who went missing 20-years ago, as he overlooks some of the junior Olympics medals he won in track, pictured on Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. About a month ago, investigators found his car underwater at Starvation Reservoir.
This is a developing story.
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