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Susan Powell's father Chuck Cox, left, walks with West Valley City police Sgt. Mike Powell after speaking to the media near the base of Topaz Mountain as law enforcement is looking for missing Utah mother Susan Powell, on Friday, Sept. 16, 2011 50 miles northwest of Delta, Utah. Powell disappeared from her West Valley City home in December 2009 and hasn't been seen since. (AP Photo/Jim Urquhart)

Authorities suspend Susan Powell search of shallow 'grave'

Last updated Friday, September 16, 2011 - 5:32pm

DELTA -- The excavation of what authorities have been calling a shallow grave in the central Utah desert stopped Friday afternoon as rain and wind combined with limited resources to hamper efforts to examine piles of dirt for human remains.

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Police officers and dogs research a site at the base of Topaz Mountain looking for missing Utah mother Susan Powell, on Friday, Sept. 16, 2011, 50 miles northwest of Delta, Utah. Powell disappeared from her West Valley City home in December 2009 and hasn't been seen since. (AP Photo/Jim Urquhart)

Authorities keep digging shallow 'grave' in Susan Powell search

Jennifer Dobner The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, September 16, 2011 - 1:46pm

DELTA -- Authorities on Friday resumed their examination of what they called a shallow grave in the central Utah desert in their investigation into a missing mother after a day of digging provided no clues, no remains and no progress.

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No remains found in Susan Powell search

Jennifer Dobner The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, September 16, 2011 - 3:58pm

DELTA — A search in the Utah desert for a missing mother took a strange turn Thursday when the site that authorities said contained human remains turned up no body parts.

Cadaver dogs discovered the location this week amid a renewed search for Susan Powell, and investigators declared that they had found human remains.

But authorities now say that after digging into the site, they have found no remains. Police did not say why they earlier stated that they had found human remains when they had not even seen any.

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Remains in Susan Powell search not ancient

Jennifer Dobner The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, September 15, 2011 - 4:07pm

DELTA -- Authorities investigating the disappearance of a mother say remains found in the Utah desert are not those of Indians or early settlers.

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This is a picture of the Topaz Mountain area along Utah Highway 174 where searchers say they found human remains as they were looking for missing Utah mother Susan Powell, on Sept. 14, 2011 in outside Delta, Utah. Powell disappeared from her West Valley City home in December 2009 and hasn't been seen since. (AP Photo/George Frey)

Police resume desert work in search for Susan Powell

Jennifer Dobner The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, September 15, 2011 - 11:31am

DELTA -- A federal anthropologist was headed to Utah's central desert Thursday to examine remains found by authorities during a search for clues in the disappearance of a missing mother.

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Map showing the approximation location of Topaz Mountain where human remains have been located in association with Susan Powell

Body found in desert search for Susan Powell

Jennifer Dobner The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, February 7, 2012 - 11:34am

DELTA — Authorities found human remains Wednesday while searching Utah’s rugged desert, reviving hopes for a major break in the case of a mother who disappeared nearly two years ago.

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Officials search in the area of Topaz Mountain, Juab County, Utah, for signs of a Utah mother missing since 2009. on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011. Investigators combed the central Utah desert near Topaz Mountain, with all-terrain vehicles and a specialized team of search dogs for clues in Susan Cox Powell's case, police spokesman Sgt. Mike Powell said. The area is about 135 miles southwest of where the mother of two was last seen at her home in West Valley City. Susan Cox Powell was 28 when she was reported missing Dec. 7 after she failed to show up for her stockbroker job. She had been seen by friends at church and at dinner the day before. (AP Photo/The Deseret News, Ravell Call)

Police search desert near Delta for Susan Powell

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Last updated Tuesday, February 7, 2012 - 11:33am

DELTA — West Valley City police on Tuesday searched in rugged desert terrain for signs of a Utah mother missing since 2009.

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Mining company cited for Utah man's death

Lynn DeBruin The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, July 26, 2011 - 6:41pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- A federal report released Tuesday found management was negligent in a fatal Feb. 24 accident in which a man was trapped on a conveyer belt at a quartzite mine near Salt Lake City.

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Thomas Ray Cummings

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Last updated Monday, January 3, 2011 - 11:14pm

Thomas Ray Cummings died December 30, 2010. Gravesides services with full military honors will be held at 2:15 p.m. Thursday, January 6, 2011, at the Heber City Cemetery.

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