John Edward Jones, 26, became trapped upside down in Utah's Nutty Putty Cave in after entering a narrow tunnel headfirst ...

Discovered in 1960 outside Salt Lake City, Utah, Nutty Putty Cave was a local favorite with Boy Scout troops and college students, attracting 5,000 visitors a year. Then came the tragic death of John ...

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT John Jones, 26, endured what has been described as a horrific death after spending over 24 hours ...

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 ...

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The Utah County Sheriff’s Office has begun to seal off the Nutty Putty Cave and expects to seal it off permanently by the end of the week. “We are expediting moving forward with the closure of that ...

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Actor Chadwick Hopson, left, and filmmaker Brian Halasima during filming of "Into the Mystic." The new film retells the 2009 story of hiker John Jones, who died in nearby Nutty Putty Cave after ...

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 ...

The narrow entrance to the Nutty Putty Cave is scheduled to be secured with an iron gate before the end of May 2006. The action is a result of a movement that began in 1994. Since then, the state ...

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 ...