ST. GEORGE – A body found in a restroom at the Little Valley Pickleball Complex at 2149 Horseman Park Drive in St. George Saturday morning remains the subject of an ongoing investigation by the St. George Police Department.
Sometime between 7-8 a.m. Saturday the St. George Communications Center received a call that a body had been found at the pickleball park in Little Valley, a neighborhood area of St. George.
St. George Police Department and others were dispatched to the scene and began an investigation. The body was removed from the complex by officials around 10 a.m.
As yet, the police do not know what precipitated the person’s death, St. George Police Sgt. Sam Despain said. The Department’s investigation is ongoing and it is not releasing any identification or description relating to the body or next of kin.
“I can say that there is nothing suspicious about it whatsoever,” Despain said, “we’re not actively looking for any suspects or suspect(ing) that there was any foul play.”
The pickleball complex was closed to public use Saturday while officers investigated the area, including the search of an unoccupied car that was parked in front of the restrooms.
Update: The St. George Police released additional information Tuesday evening confirming the body found to be that of an 18-year-old male who died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. No further information was released.
St. George News Editor-in-Chief Joyce Kuzmanic contributed to this report.
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Police respond to a body found in the restrooms of The Fields of Little Valley Pickleball Complex, St. George, Utah, Jan. 11, 2014 | Photo by Mori Kessler, St. George News
Police respond to a body found in the restrooms of The Fields of Little Valley Pickleball Complex, St. George, Utah, Jan. 11, 2014 | Photo by Mori Kessler, St. George News
Police responded when a body was found in the restroom at The Fields of Little Valley Pickleball Complex, St. George, Utah, Jan. 11, 2014 | Photo by Mori Kessler (license plate obscured as investigation is pending), St. George News
Police respond to a body found in the restrooms of The Fields of Little Valley Pickleball Complex, St. George, Utah, Jan. 11, 2014 | Photo by Mori Kessler, St. George News
Police respond to a body found in the restrooms of The Fields of Little Valley Pickleball Complex, St. George, Utah, Jan. 11, 2014 | Photo by Mori Kessler, St. George News
Police respond to a body found in the restrooms of The Fields of Little Valley Pickleball Complex, St. George, Utah, Jan. 11, 2014 | Photo by Mori Kessler, St. George News
Police responded when a body was found in the restroom at The Fields of Little Valley Pickleball Complex, St. George, Utah, Jan. 11, 2014 | Photo by Mori Kessler (license plate obscured as investigation is pending), St. George News
Police responded when a body was found in the restroom at The Fields of Little Valley Pickleball Complex, St. George, Utah, Jan. 11, 2014 | Photo by Mori Kessler (license plate obscured as investigation is pending), St. George News
Police responded when a body was found in the restroom at The Fields of Little Valley Pickleball Complex, St. George, Utah, Jan. 11, 2014 | Photo by Mori Kessler (license plate obscured as investigation is pending), St. George News
Police responded when a body was found in the restroom at The Fields of Little Valley Pickleball Complex, St. George, Utah, Jan. 11, 2014 | Photo by Mori Kessler (license plate obscured as investigation is pending), St. George News
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“I can say that there is nothing suspicious about it whatsoever,” Despain said
Because a dead body in a public bathroom is not suspicious at all.
And this morning the Spectacle I mean Spectrum is calling it suicide by gunshot! I guess suicide has become so common here that it isn’t even looked at twice?
My thoughts exactly
Great timing on this article… Why did it take 3 days?
these people ARE loved.. if you don’t feel anyone loves you.. YES SOMEONE DOES… God loves you…
Has anyone else been watching the news???? This is the 4th random dead body to pop up in St. George in the last 4 months. This is some … people.
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