Searchers Find Body Of Probable Suicide Victim

On the morning of Wednesday, February 25th, ranger Luke Hodgson noted that a pickup truck that had been parked near the Canyon Overlook trailhead the previous evening was still at that location. Hodgson investigated and found that the owner – Dave Brigham, 48, a New Jersey resident – was believed to be despondent and that his family was concerned that he might be considering suicide. A hasty search was conducted that afternoon, but no clues were found to his whereabouts. Early yesterday morning, Brigham’s body was found at the base of Great Arch. It appears that he fell from the end of the Canyon Overlook trail into Pine Canyon. Rangers conducted an on-scene investigation, then employed a technical raising system to lift the body 400 feet to the canyon rim. It was then released to the Washington County Sherriff’s Office for further investigation.  Ranger Andrew Fitzgerald will continue the investigation with the county, and was also the operations chief for the technical raise. The IC was district ranger Ray O’Neil.