Utah’s Nutty Putty Cave remains a testament to one of the most tragic incidents that resulted in a caver’s worst, ...

John Edward Jones, 26, was a medical student and experienced spelunker who went cave diving with a group of friends and ...

An experienced spelunker, Jones — a father of one with another child on the way — chose to explore a section of the Nutty Putty Cave known as the “birth canal,” a narrow passageway that eventually ...

When Emily Sanchez first visited her husband's unconventional tomb, lush green ferns and moss created an oasis there amid the gray limestone debris and the brown patches of scraggly broom snakeweed ...

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The Utah County Sheriff’s Office has begun to seal off the Nutty Putty Cave and expects to seal it off permanently by the end of the week. “We are expediting moving forward with the closure of that ...

PROVO, Utah, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- The mouth to the Nutty Putty Cave in Utah County, Utah, was sealed with concrete after a 26-year-old man died in the cavern, an official said. John Andrews, associate ...

Actor Chadwick Hopson, left, and filmmaker Brian Halasima during filming of "Into the Mystic." The new film retells the 2009 story of hiker John Jones, who died in nearby Nutty Putty Cave after ...

Sandy, Utah — (KUTV) “The Last Descent” premiered at Megaplex at Jordan Commons in Sandy on Thursday night. It’s the story of a Utah man who in 2009 was trapped in Utah County’s Nutty Putty Cave and ...

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15 years after a man died in the Nutty Putty Cave, his family and rescuers still struggle to escape the darkness A wreath is placed at the Nutty Putty cave. When Emily Sanchez first visited her ...

West Valley City police were just one week into their search for Susan Powell when they received their first tip suggesting her body might be entombed in Nutty Putty Cave. A second tip suggesting the ...