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.

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.

An avid caver, John along with his brother and nine other friends sought to rekindle their love of spelunking with a trip to the Nutty Putty Cave. Unbeknownst to the father, in just over 24 hours ...

The Salt Lake Tribune reports that John Jones remains inside Utah County's Nutty Putty Cave, entombed where he died 15 years ago, 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.