Body found near Kanarraville

Written by Mori Kessler
February 29, 2020
Composite image, St. George News / Cedar City News

ST. GEORGE — The body of a man believed to be in his early 20s was found near Kanarraville early Saturday afternoon.

The Iron County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release that deputies responded to the report of a dead body located in a field north of Kanarraville around 1 p.m.

“Cold weather is believed to have been a contributing factor in his death,” the press release states.

The body is currently listed as unidentified and has been sent to the state Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy.

Kanarraville is located 13 miles south of Cedar City.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Mori Kessler serves as a Senior Reporter for St. George News, having previously contributed as a writer and Interim Editor in 2011-12, and an assistant editor from 2012 to mid-2014. He began writing news as a freelancer in 2009 for Today in Dixie, and joined the writing staff of St. George News in mid-2010. He enjoys photography and won an award for photojournalism from the Society of Professional Journalists for a 2018 photo of a bee inspector removing ferals bees from a Washington City home. He is also a shameless nerd and has a bad sense of direction.

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