SALT LAKE CITY — The body of 22-year-old hiker Tyler Mayle, a Brigham Young University student from Colorado, was discovered by authorities Wednesday night.
Mayle’s body was found and positively identified at approximately 8:30 p.m. by rescuers, Provo police announced on the department’s Twitter account.
“Our hearts and prayers go out to the Mayle family,” police said.
A search and rescue effort on foot, horseback and in the air was launched Wednesday to find Mayle, missing since hiking into the hills east of campus last weekend.
Authorities closed down the “Y” Mountain trail for a second day Wednesday to resume a grid search of the area where Mayle, of Windsor, was believed to have last been.
Mayle’s car was found parked near the trail head, and pings of his phone off of area cell towers indicated the device was in the general area.
