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Missing S.W. IA man found dead near Yuma, AZ

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November 25th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

A missing 90-year-old man from southwest Iowa was found dead Sunday at around 12:20-a.m. just north of Yuma, Arizona. Authorities say James Lewis Larson, from Sharpsburg, was last seen in Lawrence, Kansas, on Nov. 13th. He had been on his way to Yuma last week and stopped in Lawrence to visit family, prior to his disappearance. A Silver Alert was issued by the Lawrence, KS., Police Department, when Larson failed to reach Yuma, and his family could not reach him.

His body was found by Yuma County Sheriff’s Deputies and Rescue Unit, along with Civil Air Patrol Units. He was located in a wash near a trail in the Kofa Wildlife Refuge, near the northern boundary of the Yuma Proving Grounds Kofa Firing Range. His vehicle was found high centered nearby, and stuck on a ledge.

Authorities in Arizona are currently looking into the circumstances surrounding the death.