2-year-old boy dies in Uintas

EVANSTON (WNE) — A 2-year-old boy who was missing from his family’s camp Saturday morning in the Uinta Mountains near Evanston has died. 

According to a press release issued by the Summit County Sheriff’s Office on Sunday, June 15, the boy was reported missing from his family’s campsite in the Manorlands subdivision, about 29 miles south of Evanston, Saturday at 10:15 a.m. 

The Sunday press release states that a civilian in the area found the child in a drainage channel near Highway 150, about a mile downstream from the family’s campsite.  The child was unresponsive. 

The boy was transported via ground ambulance to Evanston Regional Hospital before he was flown to a hospital in Salt Lake City, where he was pronounced dead, according to Summit County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Skyler Talbot.

Talbot said he could not release the name of the toddler. He declined to comment when asked where the family is from. 

An investigation is ongoing, the Summit County Sheriff’s Office said; however, investigators do not suspect foul play. 

Talbot said the Uinta County Sheriff’s Office and Uinta County Fire and Ambulance responded to assist Summit County officials. 

This story was published on June 18, 2025.