VINEYARD — Residents in Vineyard are mourning the sudden loss of a 38-year-old man who died during a church youth camping trip in Wasatch Mountain State Park.

Alex Johnson was found deceased Thursday morning inside his enclosed trailer at the Chalet Campground, just south of Midway near Soldier Hollow. According to the Wasatch County Sheriff’s Office, dispatch received a call around 8 a.m. that church leaders had found Johnson’s body.

Josh Probst, with the Wasatch County Sheriff’s Office, said inside the enclosed trailer was charcoal in a Dutch oven. The sheriff’s office theorized that Johnson had used it as a heat source, which caused carbon monoxide to fill the trailer, killing him. The State Medical Examiner will determine the official cause of death.

The tragedy has left a deep void

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