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Married couple dies in crash near Crown King
YAVAPAI COUNTY - A married couple from El Mirage was found dead Sunday off a forest road in the Crown King area. John Mendoza, 44, and Lisa Gutierrez, 42, were last seen leaving Crown King on Saturday night.
They were in a 1969 Jeep that had been modified for off-roading. Some friends followed them out of town until the couple pulled out of sight.
Sunday morning, friends who had not heard from them found their SUV and the trailer for transporting the Jeep near Cow Creek Road and Castle Hot Springs. Parking at the location provided access to a dirt road that led to Crown King.
When John and Lisa still could not be found or reached on their cell phones, friends began searching the road toward Crown King. The Yavapai County Sheriff's Office was notified around 11:30 a.m., and Search & Rescue teams were called out.
At around 1:30 p.m., friends spotted the Jeep in a ravine near the intersection of Forest Roads 711 and 192. YCSO deputies and personnel from the Crown King Fire District hiked down to the crash site and discovered both had died. Gutierrez's body was inside the vehicle and seatbelted in. Mendoza appeared to have been ejected from the Jeep.
According to the YCSO, the Jeep cab is constructed of a steal roll cage with a top plate that came off when the vehicle rolled. The doors are made of smaller steel plates.
The bodies were taken to the medical examiner's office. The cause of the crash is under investigation.