CROWN KING, Ariz. (AP) - Yavapai County sheriff’s deputies say the bodies of an El Mirage husband and wife have been found along with the wreckage of their Jeep in a steep ravine.
Deputies were called out Sunday when the couple’s friends had reported them missing. Their SUV and the trailer they used to pull their modified Jeep were parked near Cow Creek Road and Castle Hot Springs.
John Mendoza and Lisa Gutierrez were nowhere to be found, and they were not answering their cellphones.
Deputies and personnel from the Crown King Fire Department hiked to the crash site after it was spotted by friends along a forest road. They determined the couple died as a result of the crash.
The cause of the crash is still under investigation.
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