Woman’s Body Recovered On Antelope Island After Fatal Trail Run Injury
Feb 13, 2021, 9:27 PM | Updated: Jul 12, 2023, 4:36 pm
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SALT LAKE CITY — A woman’s body was recovered on Antelope Island after officials said she sustained fatal head injuries during a trail run.
Utah State Parks Lt. Eric Stucki said the 40-year-old woman was dropped off by her husband around 6:30 a.m. Friday with a plan in place to pick her up later in the day at a “designated meeting point.”
She ran northbound toward the west side of the island and made it as far at the Split Rock/Elephant Head area before suffering fatal head injuries.
Stucki said she was on rocky ground, but didn’t exactly know how she sustained those injuries.
At 6 p.m., the woman’s husband called authorities after she failed to appear at their meeting place.
Davis County Search and Rescue, as well as a Utah Department of Public Safety helicopter, were then called out.
Her body was eventually located and recovered late Friday night.
Stucki said this was a tragic case where she did everything right — had a plan, told someone where she would be and when she would be back, etc. — and it just ended tragically.
The victim’s identity has not been released.
