Police are searching for an elderly man from Vernal who was reported missing after he didn’t return from a two-week camping trip.
Joseph Weyerman, who had been camping near Chepeta Lake in the High Uintas, last communicated with his family Monday, according to Duchesne County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Travis Tucker in a news release.
Weyerman was scheduled to return home Wednesday night, and family members reported him missing late Thursday, Tucker said. On Friday, search crews on foot and horseback were joined by a helicopter as they looked for Weyerman.
“We covered all the trails in the area,” Tucker said.