Body of Missing Former Stillwater Runner Found

Local news outlets are reporting that the body of Jon Francis, the former Stillwater High School runner who has been missing in the Sawtooth Mountains since July 15, 2006, has been found.

According to the Star-Tribune, a wilderness guide also found clothes, water bottles, and a pair of sunglasses in a gully on the north face of Grand Mogul Mountain, in the Sawtooth Range. The area where Francis' body was found is about 1,500 feet below the summit to which he had climbed before going missing.

Additional information about Francis (pictured), who was working as a counselor at the Luther Heights Bible Camp and was serving as Director of Youth Ministry at Ascension Lutheran Church in Ogden, Utah at the time of his death, can be found via the Jon Francis Foundation web-site.

Apple Raceberry Jam records Francis running 4:25.10 and 9:36.26 for 1600 and 3200 meters, respectively, during his senior season at Stillwater in 2000. He finished 16th in the 1999 MSHSL Class AA Cross Country Championships as well.

Photo courtesy of the Jon Francis Foundation.