John Edward Jones entered Utah's Nutty Putty Cave with his family as a pre-Thanksgiving activity. Sadly, the expedition turned tragic when he became stuck in one of the cave's tight passageways — so ...

Then, during the annual Jones brothers retreat in 2022, he and his brother Mike — who had also been in Nutty Putty Cave with John and Josh that fateful day — hiked to the top of a plateau ...

John Jones went into the Nutty Putty Cave on Nov. 24, 2009, with 10 other friends and family members on an excursion. He got stuck. This is how rescuers tried to reach him.

John Jones, left, and his wife, Emily Dawn Jones. Officials will be closing Nutty Putty Cave, a popular spelunking site in which the 26-year-old medical student became trapped and died.

The Nutty Putty Cave, where John Edward Jones spent the last nearly 28 hours of his life, will also be his final resting place. Officials announced Friday afternoon that the cave will be ...

Just days before Thanksgiving 2009 medical student John Edward Jones was at home in Utah visiting family with his wife, Emily, and their newly born daughter.

Unfortunately, it was only a matter of months after this that tragedy struck. On November 24, 2009, John Edward Jones, a medical student, visited Nutty Putty Cave with his brother Josh and friends.

There, at the mouth of Nutty Putty Cave, Sanchez found peace and pain. John Jones remains inside, entombed in the cave where he died on Nov. 25, 2009. But he isn’t the only one still ensnared by it.

There, at the mouth of Nutty Putty Cave, Sanchez found peace and pain. John Jones remains inside, entombed in the cave where he died on Nov. 25, 2009. But he isn’t the only one still ensnared by it.