STOCKTON, Utah — Search efforts are underway after a hiker in Tooele County left camp Monday morning and failed to return.
The Tooele County Sheriff's Office said they were called at 12:30 p.m. Monday on reports that 42-year-old Chad Burningham had gone missing after he left a campsite in Soldier Canyon around 8 a.m. and never returned.
The sheriff's office said they have been in contact with Burningham's family and are working with the people he was camping with to learn which direction he left so they can narrow the search.
The search began Monday night.
By Wednesday afternoon, the sheriff's office said they had "extensively searched the areas where we believe Chad may have been," and that they are now pursuing other potential leads.
The search has included search and rescue volunteers, the Department of Public Safety's helicopter, the Utah County Sheriff's Office's airplane, drones and tracking dogs. In Wednesday's update, they said the dogs had been "fully utilized."
Anyone with information on Burningham's whereabouts is asked to call the Tooele County Sheriff's Office at 435-882-5600. They also asked that anyone recreating in the Soldier Canyon area to call them if they come across "anything that you believe may be of significance." However, they warn anyone in that case to not touch the item in order to preserve the evidence (including preserving the scent for tracking dogs).
