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Show Investigation Underway Following Discovery of Unidentified Body .. m. An investigation is underway un-derway through the Grand .county ' Sheriff's Department Depart-ment following the discov- . ery of an unidentified body, bo-dy, near - Westwater last Friday afternoon. ... The body was discover ed .by a Delta, Colorado fisherman. A wallet some 6 feet from the body carried car-ried identification papers of Everett Allen Laysbad, former resident "of the Sioux Indian reservation at Porcupine, S.D. Further check proved the man was ' known in Grand Junction, though" he has not been seen since about June 26, Sheriff Haskell Bowman said. He was about 27 years of age, and had been in the Colorado . area for some time, the Sheriff stated. sta-ted. ' Sheriff Bowman said there was possible evi-denc evi-denc of foul play. Although Al-though the body was badly decomposed, . there - was a skull crack between the eyes, and a visible hole in the back which could hav3 possibly been a bullet exit. The body ,was brought to the Turner Funeral Home in. Moab by County Attorney Harry Snow and Roy , Turner. It will be taken ta-ken this week to tjhe State Medical Examiner's office, in Salt Lake City, for investigation. in-vestigation. - Mr. Bowman ' said Colorado authorities were assisting in the investigation, in-vestigation, and the FBI would be contacted. |