{"id":8722,"date":"2015-09-28T08:03:14","date_gmt":"2015-09-28T15:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spijue.wpengine.com\/news\/searchers-find-missing-mans-truck-unrelated-body\/"},"modified":"2015-09-28T08:03:14","modified_gmt":"2015-09-28T15:03:14","slug":"searchers-find-missing-mans-truck-unrelated-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/searchers-find-missing-mans-truck-unrelated-body\/","title":{"rendered":"Searchers find missing man’s truck, unrelated body"},"content":{"rendered":"
ANCHORAGE \u2014<\/strong> State troopers say they have found the truck belonging to an Anchorage man who has been missing since Tuesday.<\/p>\n Alaska Dispatch News reported that troopers believe Kevin Mitchell drove away from his home Tuesday morning, sparking frantic search efforts by family and friends.<\/p>\n Alaska State Troopers spokeswoman Megan Peters said a friend found Mitchell\u2019s Toyota Tundra on Saturday morning at a lake south of Girdwood. It was near mile marker 87.5 of the Seward Highway.<\/p>\n As of 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Mitchell had not been found.<\/p>\n Troopers also found a body inside a second vehicle about half a mile from Mitchell\u2019s car. Peters said the discovery is \u201ccompletely unrelated\u201d to the search for Mitchell.<\/p>\n She said the person had been wanted on an arrest warrant and appeared to have committed suicide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"