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 ...

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 ...

Rescue workers gather at the Nutty Putty Cave in Elberta, Utah to help rescue a man stuck deep in the cave on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. John Jones, 26, was part of a group of 11 people exploring the ...

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 ...

This undated family photo provided Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009, shows John Jones, left, and his wife, Emily Dawn Jones. John Jones, 26, of Stansbury Park, died Thursday after he became stuck upside-down ...

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 ...

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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 ...