Missing Box Elder County man found alive in Las Vegas

The search for a missing Box Elder County man is over after 63-year-old John Kilburn was located at a truck stop north of Las Vegas, Nevada Thursday night at approximately 8:30 p.m. The Elwood man was reported missing Monday morning after <span class=”paragraph-0″>he left his Elwood home to feed cows Sunday night in Tremonton and did not return.</span>

<p class=”paragraph-0″><span class=”paragraph-0″>According to the Tremonton Leader,</span> Dale Ward of the Box Elder County Sheriff’s Office says the 63-year-old was, “a little confused and disoriented,” but appeared to be in otherwise good health.

Search and Rescue crews spent two days scouring the areas around Kilburn’s employment for any signs of the man. Only his pickup truck was found at that location with the keys inside. The case was then turned over to investigators.

Police are not saying how or why the missing man made his way to Nevada, but the car they believe he was traveling in was located in Las Vegas, Ward said.

Kilburn was picked up by Nevada Highway Patrol and transported to an area hospital for evaluation and then returned to his family.

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