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[Monsoon]

Local search and rescue team believes remains in Superstitions may be missing Utah man

By: Deborah Stocks and Christina Boomer
APACHE JUNCTION, AZ - A local search and rescue team believes skeletal remains found in the Superstition Mountains over the weekend may be those of a missing Utah man.

Maricopa County Sheriff's Office spokesman Jeff Sprong said the office was contacted around 12:45 p.m. Saturday by a subject who reported finding possible human skeletal remains.

Sprong said the person told them it is one person and possibly the third hiker from the group that went missing last July.

The volunteer group Superstition Search and Rescue said they made the discovery.

Members of their team tell ABC15 since July they’ve been searching for the men two to four times a week.

Their biggest challenge was that they had little information.

Sixty-six-year-old Ardean Charles, 51-year-old Malcom Meeks and 49-year-old Kurtis Merworth apparently told family members they were coming to Arizona to find the Lost Dutchman's gold, believed to be hidden in the mountains. Two of the three men were said to have medical conditions.

http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region_southeast_valley/apache_junction/local-search-and-rescue-team-believes-remains-in-superstitions-may-be-missing-utah-man

Well, we do attract them here in Arizona. I'm sure I've seen this movie somewhere.

[denbot]

1. My Mom's family is originally from the Morenci area , and my cousins lived in Superior

I grew up hearing tales of treasure hidden somewhere in the Superstitious Mountains..

[MineralMan]

2. I was born in Superior. My grandmother was obsessed with

lost mines and the like. It made for many interesting visits, driving around the back country and hiking into the mountains. She never found her missing mine, though. Too bad.