If there is an update/retraction, I challenge NGA to make it as high profile as when declaring Ruess was found.

You trumpeted this story to the sky as your find, and now the DNA results were incorrect. As a journalist, I wonder when you're planning to run a correction story that updates this one.

Then again, maybe not:
http://www.sltrib.com/ci_13611950?IADID=Search-www.sltrib.com-www.sltrib.com

But will NGA print an update/retraction???

Then again, maybe not:
http://www.sltrib.com/ci_13611950?IADID=Search-www.sltrib.com-www.sltrib.com

But will NGA print an update/retraction???

I hear there's yet another DNA test out there. Results are coming. Me thinks it's time for someone to eat a bit of crow... or in this case, a lot of crow. Too bad Roberts choose to ignore the dental records that were under his nose all along. It's amazing what a book/movie contract will do to a person. Great Pyramids come to mind and the cover of a magazine.

So they found the body...but do they know what the actual cause of death was?

While I understand the man's eternal quest to KNOW, the story of Everett Ruess was far more interesting when it was still a mystery.

I love the part in the story where the FBI came in and molested the crime scene. Way to go!

I don't mean to be rude, but if I had witnessed a murder and burial decades ago, here in my home county. I'd be able to tell you where the body had been buried.....close enough so you could find it anyways. There are a lot of other cultures that have oral traditions too.I'd bet theirs would be atleast as accurate.

This is a great story.I've done a lot of hiking and backpacking in this area

Solving the mystery of Everett's disappearance was a combination of happenstance and careful investigation. I am disappointed that he didn't live longer as a desert vagabond before dying in a hogan beside his Navajo wife and children.

Do you really believe Aneth Nez told Daisy the whole story? I don't. He may have thought no one would discover exactly where the body was buried. Was there an ulterior motive? Could he have had a part in the demise of Everett Ruess? There are too many unanswered questions.

There is still a mystery. How did Ruess get from Davis Gulch, where his camp and burros were found, to Comb Ridge on the other side of the Colorado without his animals and equipment? Comb Ridge, I estimate, is at least 60 miles through Hole-in-the-Rock country. Why was he where his remains where found and so far from his camp in Davis Gulch?

The belt shown at the grave site (page 81 of Adventure Magazine) is remarkably like the belt Ruess is wearing in the photograph (page 88 of Wilderness Journals of Everett Ruess by W.L. Rusho). I wonder if anyone has checked this out? I was probably within 5 miles of the burial site last spring. Amazing! What a story.

The person who wrote this article was more interested in writing a good story than getting the facts correct. I can't believe the editors did not catch the inconsistencies. I am canceling my three year subscription because of the Ruess story.

I was just doing my job, I am glad that both families now have closure.

The science behind this discovery is simply amazing. Technological discoveries in the field of genetics will touch all of our lives in the near future.

Rest in peace Everett, you and Abbey are a big part of my life.

How can I get a copy of this particular issue as I have been following this story for years?

I have been interested in the Ruess story for years.
How can I get a copy of the magazine.

To Leonard Thomas - If this doesn't bring things to a conclusion, what possibly could. What do you want, vidoetape?
Lisa Johnson

I want to know whether Daisy Johnson's cancer also went into remission after the story was told.

Everett Ruess captured my imagination 20 years ago when I spent a winter in Death Valley, CA. I picked up a copy of "Everett Ruess: A Vagabond for Beauty" and read it over and over again. I thought of Everett every time I went hiking in CA and AZ. I really enjoyed this article and am glad that Everett has been found.

I'm not sure this brings anything to a conclusion, but it is incredibly interesting. This just precipitates more speculation on how long Everett was hiking before the incident and many other intriguing questions.

Although Everett Ruess probably would have preferred staying intered in his beloved slick rock country, everyone involved in the discovery did an outstanding job of brining the story to its conclusion.