A 66-year-old man from Austin was found deceased last week at Arches National Park in Utah. He was reportedly on a journey to spread his fathers ashes when he succumbed to heat stroke.
FILE - Delicate Arch is seen at Arches National Park on April 25, 2021, near Moab, Utah.
A Texas man whose body was found in Utah's Arches National Park is believed to have died of heat stroke while on a trip to spread his father's ashes. Hendricks, 66 of Austin, was hiking in the park and likely became disoriented from a combination of heat, dehydration and high altitude, according to sister Ruth Hendricks Bough.
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