After a plea for volunteer assistance, more than 150 people showed up Saturday to search for Melvin Heaps, the Arizona man who went missing in the Uinta Mountains earlier this week.
The 74-year-old left Monday for a hike at the Crystal Lake Trailhead in Summit County. When he didn’t return home that night, his family called authorities. Family has said he has hiked in the Uintas many times over the years.
After making little headway earlier in the week, the family and the Garrett Bardsley Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to assisting in missing persons cases, had asked for additional help.