My partner came in to work today and told me of a guy he knew (yes knew) that had been dispatched to Texas for the flooding. The guy worked in insurance. My partner says that he had 4 days in a row off and decided to go to Vegas. The guy rented a car (Lincoln Towncar) and being the adventerous sort, went for a drive. Ended up getting stuck in the sand 40 miles from Kingman AZ (about 90 miles from Vegas. He left the paved road for his adventerous drive. After getting stuck, he attempted to hike it out...

My partner tells me that this guy always had his cell with him and would have never NOT Answered it. 4 days of calls to it went unanswered.....Through a LONG process....they were able to get in touch with his parents who filed a missing persons report. The police found his body....about 5 miles from his car....and 5 feet from the roadway.

No word yet on what equipment he did or did not have (except that he didn't have his cell phone....that was in his hotel room).

COD (presumptive) was exposure. I'll post more as I get it. The AP had the story. I unfortunately don't have the time to find and post a link.