Chad Burningham
The Tooele County Sheriff’s Office received calls around 12:30 p.m. on Monday, July 14, 2025, that Chad Burningham, 42, from West Jordan, had gone missing that morning sometime around 8 a.m. from a campsite in Soldier Canyon.
“We got all of our resources out there Monday afternoon, but we weren’t able to locate them,” Sergeant Lerdahl with the Tooele County Sheriff’s Office explained. “We went back out on Tuesday with search and rescue, patrol deputies, tracking dogs, drones, and a Utah Department of Public Safety helicopter, but we weren’t able to locate them again. Today [Wednesday], we were back out there with the help of the Utah County Sheriff’s Office, who provided a plane. We have extensively searched the area, but unfortunately, we have not located Mr. Burningham.”
Burningham’s last known whereabouts was the Soldier Canyon campsite near Jacob City.
In the TCSO’s Wednesday post on Facebook, they mentioned if anyone traveling through areas near the campsite finds something that may belong to Burningham or point to what may have happened to him, to do two things: do not touch or disturb the item and immediately contact the Tooele County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center at (435)-882-5600.
“Preserving potential evidence is critical so that trained teams and tracking dogs can be directed effectively,” the post read on Facebook, followed by: “We sincerely thank the public for their continued support, awareness, and cooperation as we remain committed to bringing Chad home.”
This is currently an ongoing investigation, and anyone with information that could lead to Chad being found should contact the number above.
