Authorities investigating death of Fort Duchesne man

Published: Tuesday, Jan. 8 2013 12:11 p.m. MST

Summary

Investigators were waiting Tuesday for results of an autopsy to determine how a man found dead in a trailer park died.

FORT DUCHESNE, Uintah County — Investigators were waiting Tuesday for results of an autopsy to determine how a man found dead in a trailer park died.

Uintah County sheriff's deputies were called to the the Country Village trailer park about 3:40 p.m. Monday for a welfare check. Inside, they found the body of David Urrutia, 38, of Fort Duchesne.

The sheriff's office was releasing few other details Tuesday. The trailer park is located on U.S. Highway 40, about 11 miles east of Roosevelt.

The Utah Attorney General's Office, the Utah State Crime Lab, the FBI and Uintah County Attorney's Office were all participating in the investigation.

Additional information will be posted as it becomes available.

— Pat Reavy

Twitter: DNewsCrimeTeam

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Pat Reavy

Pat is a veteran police and courts reporter for the Deseret News and KSL and has covered some of the biggest stories in Utah for the past two decades. He is a graduate of Michigan State University with a BA in journalism.

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