US EditionFoot Found Near Utah Lake Belonged to Man Missing for 28 Years
SEVIER COUNTY, UTAH, AUG 6 – DNA testing confirmed the foot belonged to David White with 99.9994% certainty, providing closure to a nearly 28-year-old cold case of his disappearance while fishing alone.
- On May 16, 2025, the Sevier County Sheriff's Office announced a foot found inside a shoe on Fish Lake belongs to David White, a 44-year-old from Washington City, Washington County.
- Searchers later found a foot belonging to David White, who went missing in 1997 after plans with friends fell through, according to authorities.
- Testing confirmed that DNA samples from the foot and White’s daughter matched with 99.9994% certainty, according to the Utah Medical Examiner’s Office.
- Family members welcomed closure, with Sheriff Nathan J. Curtis and Stephanie Bennett thanking law enforcement, searchers, and the individual who found the foot, according to the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office.
- This case had lingered, and investigators linked the hiking boot, made only in 1996, to White’s 1997 disappearance, according to officials.
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Foot found near Utah lake belonged to man missing for 28 years
SEVIER COUNTY, Utah (KTVX) — A human foot found along the shore of Fish Lake in Sevier County, Utah, has been confirmed as belonging to a man who disappeared in September 1997. David White, from Washington, Utah, had plans to go fishing with friends and rented a hotel room near Fish Lake, according to a press release from the Sevier County Sheriff's Office. The plans fell through, and White ended up going fishing alone. Human foot found in …
Foot remains found on Utah lake belong to man missing since 1997: Officials
Sevier County Sheriff’s Office released a photo of David Wright from Washington Utah who went missing in September, 1997. Sevier County Sheriff’s Office (SEVIER COUNTY, Utah) — Remains of a human foot found inside a hiking shoe on the shores of a lake in Utah belong to a man who went missing in 1997, according to officials. The remains were found on the shores of Fishlake Utah in May, according to the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office. Investigator…
Foot bone found at Utah lake belongs to fisherman missing since 1997, DNA confirms
RICHFIELD, Utah (KSL.com) — DNA testing has confirmed a human foot bone found near the lake in May belongs to a fisherman who went missing at the lake in 1997. The bone and the shoe in which it was found belong to David White, a 44-year-old man from Washington city, Washington County, the Sevier County […]
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